diff -dupr a/Makefile.in b/Makefile.in
--- a/Makefile.in	2017-07-31 10:46:52.000000000 +0000
+++ b/Makefile.in	2017-08-18 22:36:18.256889111 +0000
@@ -17404,7 +17404,7 @@ modules/graphite mod-graphite: modules/g
 @ENABLE_PYTHON_TRUE@	rm -rf "$(PYLIB_BUILDDIR)/build"
 @ENABLE_PYTHON_TRUE@	rm -rf "$(SETUPPY_MANIFEST)"
 
-@ENABLE_PYTHON_TRUE@python-checks: python-unit python-pep8 python-pylint
+@ENABLE_PYTHON_TRUE@python-checks: python-unit python-pep8
 
 @ENABLE_PYTHON_TRUE@python-unit:
 @ENABLE_PYTHON_TRUE@	nosetests $(PYLIB_SRCDIR)/syslogng
@@ -17412,13 +17412,10 @@ modules/graphite mod-graphite: modules/g
 @ENABLE_PYTHON_TRUE@python-pep8:
 @ENABLE_PYTHON_TRUE@	pep8 --ignore=E501 $(PYLIB_SRCDIR)/syslogng
 
-@ENABLE_PYTHON_TRUE@python-pylint:
-@ENABLE_PYTHON_TRUE@	pylint -r n --rcfile=$(PYLIB_SRCDIR)/pylintrc $(PYLIB_SRCDIR)/syslogng
-
 .PHONY: install-pylib
 .PHONY: uninstall-pylib
 .PHONY: clean-pylib
-.PHONY: python-checks python-unit python-pep8 python-pylint
+.PHONY: python-checks python-unit python-pep8
 
 .PHONY: modules/python mod-python