diff --git a/.flake8 b/.flake8
index 5233b8c31..29d9c8be4 100644
--- a/.flake8
+++ b/.flake8
@@ -10,3 +10,4 @@
 # W503: line break before binary operator
 ignore=E265,E501,F841,F401,E402,E266,W503
 max_complexity = 12
+exclude=resources.py
diff --git a/.pylintrc b/.pylintrc
index 3ba0c1275..daa68e14a 100644
--- a/.pylintrc
+++ b/.pylintrc
@@ -1,8 +1,13 @@
 # vim: ft=dosini fileencoding=utf-8:
 
 [MASTER]
-ignore=ez_setup.py
+ignore=resources.py
 extension-pkg-whitelist=PyQt5,sip
+load-plugins=pylint_checkers.config,
+             pylint_checkers.crlf,
+             pylint_checkers.modeline,
+             pylint_checkers.openencoding,
+             pylint_checkers.settrace
 
 [MESSAGES CONTROL]
 disable=no-self-use,