diff --git a/scripts/pylintrc b/scripts/pylintrc
index d772cb0a7d..ac635c36bc 100644
--- a/scripts/pylintrc
+++ b/scripts/pylintrc
@@ -10,10 +10,6 @@
 # Profiled execution.
 profile=no
 
-# Add files or directories to the blacklist. They should be base names, not
-# paths.
-ignore=CVS
-
 # Pickle collected data for later comparisons.
 persistent=yes