diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
index 3bb1bbeda..4db717149 100644
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ commands =
     {envpython} scripts/dev/misc_checks.py spelling
 
 [testenv:pylint]
-basepython = python3
+basepython = python3.4
 skip_install = true
 setenv = PYTHONPATH={toxinidir}/scripts/dev
 passenv =