diff --git a/.pylintrc b/.pylintrc
index 163ae8f0..95d9c2aa 100644
--- a/.pylintrc
+++ b/.pylintrc
@@ -3,9 +3,7 @@ jobs=0  # Speed up PyLint by using one process per CPU core.
 load-plugins=pylint.extensions.bad_builtin,
              pylint.extensions.broad_try_clause,
              pylint.extensions.check_elif,
-             pylint.extensions.comparetozero,
              pylint.extensions.docparams,
-             pylint.extensions.emptystring,
              pylint.extensions.mccabe,
              pylint.extensions.overlapping_exceptions,
              pylint.extensions.redefined_variable_type,
diff --git a/bin/update_dev_data.py b/bin/update_dev_data.py
index 7e18980e..c4265f9e 100644
--- a/bin/update_dev_data.py
+++ b/bin/update_dev_data.py
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ def update_dev_data():
         "example.net": Reason.MEDIA_VIDEO,
         "bad.example.com": Reason.MALICIOUS,
     }
+    # pylint:disable=used-before-assignment
     CustomRules(request.db).load_simple_rules(raw_rules)
     print(f"Loaded {len(raw_rules)} custom rules")
 
diff --git a/tests/.pylintrc b/tests/.pylintrc
index 16bb8d34..96361575 100644
--- a/tests/.pylintrc
+++ b/tests/.pylintrc
@@ -3,9 +3,7 @@ jobs=0  # Speed up PyLint by using one process per CPU core.
 load-plugins=pylint.extensions.bad_builtin,
              pylint.extensions.broad_try_clause,
              pylint.extensions.check_elif,
-             pylint.extensions.comparetozero,
              pylint.extensions.docparams,
-             pylint.extensions.emptystring,
              pylint.extensions.mccabe,
              pylint.extensions.overlapping_exceptions,
              pylint.extensions.redefined_variable_type,