diff --git a/scripts/dev/run_vulture.py b/scripts/dev/run_vulture.py
index 43974e658..55f4d9c86 100755
--- a/scripts/dev/run_vulture.py
+++ b/scripts/dev/run_vulture.py
@@ -86,6 +86,7 @@ def whitelist_generator():
     yield 'qutebrowser.browser.pdfjs.is_available'
     yield 'QEvent.posted'
     yield 'log_stack'  # from message.py
+    yield 'propagate'  # logging.getLogger('...).propagate = False
     # vulture doesn't notice the hasattr() and thus thinks netrc_used is unused
     # in NetworkManager.on_authentication_required
     yield 'PyQt5.QtNetwork.QNetworkReply.netrc_used'