diff --git a/tests/unit/misc/test_checkpyver.py b/tests/unit/misc/test_checkpyver.py
index 504f0829d..29c728f8a 100644
--- a/tests/unit/misc/test_checkpyver.py
+++ b/tests/unit/misc/test_checkpyver.py
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ def test_patched_errwindow(capfd, mocker, monkeypatch):
                         lambda status: None)
 
     try:
-        import tkinter
+        import tkinter  # pylint: disable=unused-variable
     except ImportError:
         tk_mock = mocker.patch('qutebrowser.misc.checkpyver.Tk',
                                spec=['withdraw'], new_callable=mocker.Mock)