diff --git a/.pre-commit-config.yaml b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
index b4689406..c477d24f 100644
--- a/.pre-commit-config.yaml
+++ b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
     -   id: check-yaml
     -   id: debug-statements
     -   id: name-tests-test
+    -   id: requirements-txt-fixer
     -   id: flake8
 -   repo: git@github.com:pre-commit/pre-commit
     sha: 86c99c6b870a261d2aff0b4cdb36995764edce1b
diff --git a/pre_commit/clientlib/validate_base.py b/pre_commit/clientlib/validate_base.py
index 1017f3a2..707bdde7 100644
--- a/pre_commit/clientlib/validate_base.py
+++ b/pre_commit/clientlib/validate_base.py
@@ -79,10 +79,6 @@ def get_run_function(filenames_help, validate_strategy, exception_cls):
                 validate_strategy(filename)
             except exception_cls as e:
                 print(e.args[0])
-                # If there was an inner exception, print the stringified
-                # version of that.
-                if len(e.args) > 1:
-                    print(str(e.args[1]))
                 retval = 1
         return retval
     return run
diff --git a/requirements-dev.txt b/requirements-dev.txt
index 0d448cab..27aa358b 100644
--- a/requirements-dev.txt
+++ b/requirements-dev.txt
@@ -3,5 +3,5 @@
 coverage
 flake8
 mock
-pylint
+pylint<1.4
 pytest
diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
index 87082d9e..a8c58834 100644
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -9,7 +9,8 @@ deps = -rrequirements-dev.txt
 commands =
     coverage erase
     coverage run -m pytest {posargs:tests}
-    coverage report --show-missing --fail-under 93
+    # TODO: when dropping py26, change to 100
+    coverage report --show-missing --fail-under 99
     flake8 {[tox]project} testing tests setup.py
 #    pylint {[tox]project} testing tests setup.py