diff --git a/zuul.d/base.yaml b/zuul.d/base.yaml
index e415f24c930..bb9c778512e 100644
--- a/zuul.d/base.yaml
+++ b/zuul.d/base.yaml
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
     run: playbooks/run_functional_job.yaml
     post-run: playbooks/post_functional_job.yaml
     irrelevant-files: &irrelevant-files
+      - ^\.pylintrc$
       - ^.*\.conf\.sample$
       - ^.*\.rst$
       - ^doc/.*$
@@ -70,6 +71,7 @@
         # tox.ini file
         '/opt/stack/logs/dsvm-fullstack-logs.tar.gz': logs
     irrelevant-files:
+      - ^\.pylintrc$
       - ^releasenotes/.*$
       - ^doc/.*$
       - ^setup.cfg$
diff --git a/zuul.d/grenade.yaml b/zuul.d/grenade.yaml
index 9c458c81b6f..b72d7cbbcc2 100644
--- a/zuul.d/grenade.yaml
+++ b/zuul.d/grenade.yaml
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
       - openstack/grenade
       - openstack/neutron
     irrelevant-files: &openvswitch-irrelevant-files
+      - ^\.pylintrc$
       - ^test-requirements.txt$
       - ^releasenotes/.*$
       - ^doc/.*$
@@ -167,6 +168,7 @@
     parent: grenade-multinode
     timeout: 9000
     irrelevant-files:
+      - ^\.pylintrc$
       - ^test-requirements.txt$
       - ^releasenotes/.*$
       - ^doc/.*$
diff --git a/zuul.d/job-templates.yaml b/zuul.d/job-templates.yaml
index 7c075b989b1..45b35bf5efe 100644
--- a/zuul.d/job-templates.yaml
+++ b/zuul.d/job-templates.yaml
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
         - openstack-tox-py38:  # from openstack-python3-zed-jobs template
             timeout: 3600
             irrelevant-files:  &irrelevant-files
+              - ^\.pylintrc$
               - ^.*\.conf\.sample$
               - ^.*\.rst$
               - ^doc/.*$
diff --git a/zuul.d/rally.yaml b/zuul.d/rally.yaml
index 3b8db37ed66..6ca762017d3 100644
--- a/zuul.d/rally.yaml
+++ b/zuul.d/rally.yaml
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@
       - openstack/rally-openstack
       - openstack/osprofiler
     irrelevant-files:
+      - ^\.pylintrc$
       - ^test-requirements.txt$
       - ^releasenotes/.*$
       - ^doc/.*$
@@ -91,6 +92,7 @@
       - name: openstack/rally
       - name: openstack/rally-openstack
     irrelevant-files:
+      - ^\.pylintrc$
       - ^test-requirements.txt$
       - ^releasenotes/.*$
       - ^doc/.*$
diff --git a/zuul.d/tempest-multinode.yaml b/zuul.d/tempest-multinode.yaml
index 7b5f7bb2a9c..ce1d49454fc 100644
--- a/zuul.d/tempest-multinode.yaml
+++ b/zuul.d/tempest-multinode.yaml
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
       - openstack/tempest
     pre-run: playbooks/dvr-multinode-scenario-pre-run.yaml
     irrelevant-files: &openvswitch-irrelevant-files
+      - ^\.pylintrc$
       - ^test-requirements.txt$
       - ^releasenotes/.*$
       - ^doc/.*$
@@ -327,6 +328,7 @@
       - openstack/neutron-tempest-plugin
       - openstack/tempest
     irrelevant-files: &ovn-irrelevant-files
+      - ^\.pylintrc$
       - ^test-requirements.txt$
       - ^releasenotes/.*$
       - ^doc/.*$
diff --git a/zuul.d/tempest-singlenode.yaml b/zuul.d/tempest-singlenode.yaml
index 8c32c6018b4..c17c908b8b6 100644
--- a/zuul.d/tempest-singlenode.yaml
+++ b/zuul.d/tempest-singlenode.yaml
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@
         Q_AGENT: openvswitch
         Q_ML2_PLUGIN_MECHANISM_DRIVERS: openvswitch
     irrelevant-files: &openvswitch-irrelevant-files
+      - ^\.pylintrc$
       - ^test-requirements.txt$
       - ^.*\.conf\.sample$
       - ^.*\.rst$
@@ -113,6 +114,7 @@
             experimental:
               linuxbridge: true
     irrelevant-files:
+      - ^\.pylintrc$
       - ^test-requirements.txt$
       - ^.*\.conf\.sample$
       - ^.*\.rst$
@@ -233,6 +235,7 @@
         '/var/log/openvswitch': 'logs'
         '/var/lib/ovn': 'logs'
     irrelevant-files: &tempest-db-irrelevant-files
+      - ^\.pylintrc$
       - ^test-requirements.txt$
       - ^.*\.conf\.sample$
       - ^.*\.rst$
@@ -311,6 +314,7 @@
         s-object: false
         s-proxy: false
     irrelevant-files:
+      - ^\.pylintrc$
       - ^test-requirements.txt$
       - ^.*\.conf\.sample$
       - ^.*\.rst$
@@ -400,6 +404,7 @@
         '/var/log/openvswitch': 'logs'
         '/var/lib/ovn': 'logs'
     irrelevant-files: &irrelevant-files
+      - ^\.pylintrc$
       - ^test-requirements.txt$
       - ^.*\.conf\.sample$
       - ^.*\.rst$
@@ -509,6 +514,7 @@
         c-vol: false
         cinder: false
     irrelevant-files: &ovn-irrelevant-files
+      - ^\.pylintrc$
       - ^test-requirements.txt$
       - ^releasenotes/.*$
       - ^doc/.*$
diff --git a/zuul.d/tripleo.yaml b/zuul.d/tripleo.yaml
index ecb1a0cdff1..93459e52287 100644
--- a/zuul.d/tripleo.yaml
+++ b/zuul.d/tripleo.yaml
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
           - 'tempest.scenario.test_network_basic_ops.TestNetworkBasicOps.test_network_basic_ops'
         use_os_tempest: true
     irrelevant-files:
+      - ^\.pylintrc$
       - ^test-requirements.txt$
       - ^releasenotes/.*$
       - ^doc/.*$
@@ -47,6 +48,7 @@
       nodes: 1ctlr
       featureset: '010'
     irrelevant-files:
+      - ^\.pylintrc$
       - ^test-requirements.txt$
       - ^releasenotes/.*$
       - ^doc/.*$