diff --git a/pre_commit_hooks/detect_aws_credentials.py b/pre_commit_hooks/detect_aws_credentials.py
index f727078..4c51546 100644
--- a/pre_commit_hooks/detect_aws_credentials.py
+++ b/pre_commit_hooks/detect_aws_credentials.py
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ from __future__ import unicode_literals
 import argparse
 import os
 
-from six.moves import configparser  # pylint: disable=import-error
+from six.moves import configparser
 
 
 def get_your_keys(credentials_file):
diff --git a/pylintrc b/pylintrc
deleted file mode 100644
index c905a37..0000000
--- a/pylintrc
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,22 +0,0 @@
-[MESSAGES CONTROL]
-disable=bad-open-mode,invalid-name,missing-docstring,redefined-outer-name,star-args,locally-disabled,locally-enabled
-
-[REPORTS]
-output-format=colorized
-reports=no
-
-[BASIC]
-const-rgx=(([A-Za-z_][A-Za-z0-9_]*)|(__.*__))$
-
-[FORMAT]
-max-line-length=131
-
-[TYPECHECK]
-ignored-classes=pytest
-
-[DESIGN]
-min-public-methods=0
-
-[SIMILARITIES]
-min-similarity-lines=5
-ignore-imports=yes
diff --git a/requirements-dev.txt b/requirements-dev.txt
index 97343d5..2922ef5 100644
--- a/requirements-dev.txt
+++ b/requirements-dev.txt
@@ -1,9 +1,7 @@
 -e .
 
-astroid<1.3.3
 coverage
 flake8
 mock
 pre-commit
-pylint<1.4
 pytest
diff --git a/tests/check_merge_conflict_test.py b/tests/check_merge_conflict_test.py
index 8141ade..f1528b2 100644
--- a/tests/check_merge_conflict_test.py
+++ b/tests/check_merge_conflict_test.py
@@ -12,9 +12,6 @@ from testing.util import get_resource_path
 from testing.util import write_file
 
 
-# pylint:disable=unused-argument
-
-
 @pytest.yield_fixture
 def f1_is_a_conflict_file(tmpdir):
     # Make a merge conflict
diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
index 7486ce1..f2ac125 100644
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@ commands =
     coverage report --show-missing --fail-under 100
     pre-commit install -f --install-hooks
     pre-commit run --all-files
-    pylint {[tox]project} testing tests setup.py
 
 [testenv:venv]
 envdir = venv-{[tox]project}