diff --git a/pylintrc b/pylintrc
deleted file mode 100644
index 4ec63b1d..00000000
--- a/pylintrc
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,31 +0,0 @@
-# The format of this file isn't really documented; just use --generate-rcfile
-
-[Messages Control]
-# C0111: Don't require docstrings on every method
-# W0511: TODOs in code comments are fine.
-# W0142: *args and **kwargs are fine.
-# W0622: Redefining id is fine.
-disable=C0111,W0511,W0142,W0622
-
-[Basic]
-# Variable names can be 1 to 31 characters long, with lowercase and underscores
-variable-rgx=[a-z_][a-z0-9_]{0,30}$
-
-# Argument names can be 2 to 31 characters long, with lowercase and underscores
-argument-rgx=[a-z_][a-z0-9_]{1,30}$
-
-# Method names should be at least 3 characters long
-# and be lowercased with underscores
-method-rgx=([a-z_][a-z0-9_]{2,50}|setUp|tearDown)$
-
-[Design]
-max-public-methods=100
-min-public-methods=0
-max-args=6
-
-[Variables]
-
-# List of additional names supposed to be defined in builtins. Remember that
-# you should avoid to define new builtins when possible.
-# _ is used by our localization
-additional-builtins=_
diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
index 28de325b..7021e536 100644
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -27,9 +27,6 @@ commands =
     # the check and gate queues.
     bashate bin/doc-tools-check-languages
 
-[testenv:pylint]
-commands = pylint os_doc_tools sitemap
-
 [testenv:releasenotes]
 commands = sphinx-build -a -E -W -d releasenotes/build/doctrees -b html releasenotes/source releasenotes/build/html