diff --git a/.pylintrc b/.pylintrc
index 23acf2095f3..cb448fb0d50 100644
--- a/.pylintrc
+++ b/.pylintrc
@@ -44,7 +44,6 @@ disable=
  signature-differs,
  star-args,
  super-init-not-called,
- unnecessary-pass,
  unpacking-non-sequence,
  unused-argument,
  unused-import,
diff --git a/neutron/plugins/plumgrid/drivers/fake_plumlib.py b/neutron/plugins/plumgrid/drivers/fake_plumlib.py
index 307cbaabb49..a0f81fd5391 100644
--- a/neutron/plugins/plumgrid/drivers/fake_plumlib.py
+++ b/neutron/plugins/plumgrid/drivers/fake_plumlib.py
@@ -28,13 +28,11 @@ class Plumlib(object):
 
     def __init__(self):
         LOG.info(_LI('Python PLUMgrid Fake Library Started '))
-        pass
 
     def director_conn(self, director_plumgrid, director_port, timeout,
                       director_admin, director_password):
         LOG.info(_LI('Fake Director: %s'),
                  director_plumgrid + ':' + director_port)
-        pass
 
     def create_network(self, tenant_id, net_db, network):
         net_db["network"] = {}