diff --git a/pre_commit/five.py b/pre_commit/five.py
index 2ae91c59..5b3732d9 100644
--- a/pre_commit/five.py
+++ b/pre_commit/five.py
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 from __future__ import unicode_literals
 
-# pylint:disable=invalid-name
 PY2 = str is bytes
 PY3 = str is not bytes
 
diff --git a/pylintrc b/pylintrc
deleted file mode 100644
index e57af29d..00000000
--- a/pylintrc
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,19 +0,0 @@
-[MESSAGES CONTROL]
-disable=locally-disabled,fixme,missing-docstring,abstract-method,useless-else-on-loop,invalid-name
-
-[REPORTS]
-output-format=colorized
-reports=no
-
-[BASIC]
-const-rgx=(([A-Za-z_][A-Za-z0-9_]*)|(__.*__))$
-
-[FORMAT]
-max-line-length=131
-
-[TYPECHECK]
-ignored-classes=pytest
-
-[DESIGN]
-min-public-methods=0
-
diff --git a/requirements-dev.txt b/requirements-dev.txt
index c44b676a..34555411 100644
--- a/requirements-dev.txt
+++ b/requirements-dev.txt
@@ -1,10 +1,8 @@
 -e .
 
-astroid<1.3.3
 coverage
 flake8
 mock
-pylint<1.4
 pytest
 
 # setuptools breaks pypy3 with extraneous output
diff --git a/tests/commands/run_test.py b/tests/commands/run_test.py
index d23882e7..f85468ce 100644
--- a/tests/commands/run_test.py
+++ b/tests/commands/run_test.py
@@ -457,9 +457,9 @@ def test_local_hook_for_stages(
     config = OrderedDict((
         ('repo', 'local'),
         ('hooks', (OrderedDict((
-            ('id', 'pylint'),
+            ('id', 'flake8'),
             ('name', 'hook 1'),
-            ('entry', 'python -m pylint.__main__'),
+            ('entry', 'python -m flake8.__main__'),
             ('language', 'system'),
             ('files', r'\.py$'),
             ('stages', stage_for_first_hook)
@@ -491,9 +491,9 @@ def test_local_hook_passes(repo_with_passing_hook, mock_out_store_directory):
     config = OrderedDict((
         ('repo', 'local'),
         ('hooks', (OrderedDict((
-            ('id', 'pylint'),
-            ('name', 'PyLint'),
-            ('entry', 'python -m pylint.__main__'),
+            ('id', 'flake8'),
+            ('name', 'flake8'),
+            ('entry', 'python -m flake8.__main__'),
             ('language', 'system'),
             ('files', r'\.py$'),
         )), OrderedDict((
diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
index e0238cd7..2208a363 100644
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ commands =
     coverage run -m pytest {posargs:tests}
     # TODO: when dropping py26, change to 100
     coverage report --show-missing --fail-under 99
-#    pylint {[tox]project} testing tests setup.py
     pre-commit run --all-files
 
 [testenv:venv]