diff --git a/.pylintrc b/.pylintrc
index 8cb7a35fd..8498bea12 100644
--- a/.pylintrc
+++ b/.pylintrc
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 [MASTER]
 ignore=ez_setup.py
+extension-pkg-whitelist=PyQt5,sip
 
 [MESSAGES CONTROL]
 disable=no-self-use,
@@ -23,7 +24,8 @@ disable=no-self-use,
         too-many-instance-attributes,
         unnecessary-lambda,
         blacklisted-name,
-        too-many-lines
+        too-many-lines,
+        logging-format-interpolation
 
 [BASIC]
 module-rgx=(__)?[a-z][a-z0-9_]*(__)?$
diff --git a/.run_checks b/.run_checks
index 070f920f1..808d5882f 100644
--- a/.run_checks
+++ b/.run_checks
@@ -13,7 +13,8 @@ exclude=test_.*
 [pylint]
 args=--output-format=colorized,--reports=no,--rcfile=.pylintrc
 plugins=config,crlf,modeline,settrace,openencoding
-exclude=resources.py
+# excluding command.py is a WORKAROUND for https://bitbucket.org/logilab/pylint/issue/395/horrible-performance-related-to-inspect
+exclude=resources.py,command.py
 
 [flake8]
 args=--config=.flake8
diff --git a/qutebrowser/test/config/test_config.py b/qutebrowser/test/config/test_config.py
index 7555df655..e27c49063 100644
--- a/qutebrowser/test/config/test_config.py
+++ b/qutebrowser/test/config/test_config.py
@@ -58,6 +58,9 @@ class ConfigParserTests(unittest.TestCase):
 
     def test_transformed_option_old(self):
         """Test a transformed option with the old name."""
+        # WORKAROUND for unknown PyQt bug
+        # Instance of 'str' has no 'name' member
+        # pylint: disable=no-member
         self.cp.read_dict({'colors': {'tab.fg.odd': 'pink'}})
         self.cfg._from_cp(self.cp)
         self.assertEqual(self.cfg.get('colors', 'tabs.fg.odd').name(),
@@ -65,6 +68,9 @@ class ConfigParserTests(unittest.TestCase):
 
     def test_transformed_option_new(self):
         """Test a transformed section with the new name."""
+        # WORKAROUND for unknown PyQt bug
+        # Instance of 'str' has no 'name' member
+        # pylint: disable=no-member
         self.cp.read_dict({'colors': {'tabs.fg.odd': 'pink'}})
         self.cfg._from_cp(self.cp)
         self.assertEqual(self.cfg.get('colors', 'tabs.fg.odd').name(),
diff --git a/scripts/init_venv.py b/scripts/init_venv.py
index 1b89652f9..49e548933 100644
--- a/scripts/init_venv.py
+++ b/scripts/init_venv.py
@@ -70,8 +70,8 @@ def get_dev_packages(short=False):
     Args:
         short: Remove the version specification.
     """
-    packages = ['colorlog', 'flake8', 'astroid==1.2.1', 'pylint==1.3.1',
-                'pep257', 'colorama', 'beautifulsoup4']
+    packages = ['colorlog', 'flake8', 'astroid', 'pylint', 'pep257',
+                'colorama', 'beautifulsoup4']
     if short:
         packages = [re.split(r'[<>=]', p)[0] for p in packages]
     return packages