diff --git a/.pylintrc b/.pylintrc
index 3496951..2e141b7 100644
--- a/.pylintrc
+++ b/.pylintrc
@@ -5,6 +5,5 @@ ignored-argument-names=args|kwargs
 
 [MESSAGES CONTROL]
 disable=
-    C0412,
     R0801, # needs to remain disabled see https://github.com/PyCQA/pylint/issues/214
     W0511,
diff --git a/db/base/tests.py b/db/base/tests.py
index 0684ab3..bfd593b 100644
--- a/db/base/tests.py
+++ b/db/base/tests.py
@@ -11,7 +11,8 @@ import pytest
 from django.contrib.auth.models import User
 from django.test import TestCase
 from django.utils.timezone import now
-from factory import fuzzy
+# C0412 below clashes with isort
+from factory import fuzzy  # pylint: disable=C0412
 
 from db.base.models import DATA_SOURCES, DemodData, Mode, Satellite, \
     Telemetry, Transmitter, TransmitterSuggestion
diff --git a/db/settings.py b/db/settings.py
index ac225e3..58b7c5c 100644
--- a/db/settings.py
+++ b/db/settings.py
@@ -10,7 +10,8 @@ from __future__ import absolute_import, division, print_function, \
 import sentry_sdk
 from decouple import Csv, config
 from dj_database_url import parse as db_url
-from sentry_sdk.integrations.django import DjangoIntegration
+# C0412 below clashes with isort
+from sentry_sdk.integrations.django import DjangoIntegration  # pylint: disable=C0412
 from unipath import Path
 
 ROOT = Path(__file__).parent