diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
index fffed08de..82397371f 100644
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -110,8 +110,8 @@ deps =
     requests==2.8.1
 commands =
     {envpython} scripts/link_pyqt.py --tox {envdir}
-    {envpython} -m pylint scripts qutebrowser --rcfile=.pylintrc --output-format=colorized --reports=no --expected-line-ending-format=LF
-    {envpython} scripts/dev/run_pylint_on_tests.py --rcfile=.pylintrc --output-format=colorized --reports=no --expected-line-ending-format=LF
+    {envpython} -m pylint scripts qutebrowser --output-format=colorized --reports=no --expected-line-ending-format=LF
+    {envpython} scripts/dev/run_pylint_on_tests.py --output-format=colorized --reports=no --expected-line-ending-format=LF
 
 [testenv:pylint-tip]
 basepython = python3
@@ -125,8 +125,8 @@ deps =
     hg+https://bitbucket.org/logilab/pylint
 commands =
     {envpython} scripts/link_pyqt.py --tox {envdir}
-    {envpython} -m pylint scripts qutebrowser --rcfile=.pylintrc --output-format=colorized --reports=no --expected-line-ending-format=LF
-    {envpython} scripts/dev/run_pylint_on_tests.py --rcfile=.pylintrc --output-format=colorized --reports=no --expected-line-ending-format=LF
+    {envpython} -m pylint scripts qutebrowser --output-format=colorized --reports=no --expected-line-ending-format=LF
+    {envpython} scripts/dev/run_pylint_on_tests.py --output-format=colorized --reports=no --expected-line-ending-format=LF
 
 [testenv:pep257]
 basepython = python3