diff --git a/.pylintrc b/.pylintrc
index f1370f491..5fbf89bf9 100644
--- a/.pylintrc
+++ b/.pylintrc
@@ -35,14 +35,6 @@ unsafe-load-any-extension=no
 # run arbitrary code
 extension-pkg-whitelist=
 
-# Allow optimization of some AST trees. This will activate a peephole AST
-# optimizer, which will apply various small optimizations. For instance, it can
-# be used to obtain the result of joining multiple strings with the addition
-# operator. Joining a lot of strings can lead to a maximum recursion error in
-# Pylint and this flag can prevent that. It has one side effect, the resulting
-# AST will be different than the one from reality.
-optimize-ast=no
-
 
 [MESSAGES CONTROL]
 
@@ -86,7 +78,6 @@ disable=
     W9015, # missing parameter in doc strings
     R0205, # useless-object-inheritanc
     C0301, # line to long
-    R0201, # no self use, method could be a function
     C0114, # missing-module-docstring
     W1202, # Use lazy % formatting in logging functions (logging-format-interpolation)
     E1101, # No member 
@@ -126,11 +117,6 @@ disable=
 # mypackage.mymodule.MyReporterClass.
 output-format=text
 
-# Put messages in a separate file for each module / package specified on the
-# command line instead of printing them on stdout. Reports (if any) will be
-# written in a file name "pylint_global.[txt|html]".
-files-output=no
-
 # Tells whether to display a full report or only the messages
 reports=no
 
@@ -148,9 +134,6 @@ evaluation=10.0 - ((float(5 * error + warning + refactor + convention) / stateme
 
 [BASIC]
 
-# List of builtins function names that should not be used, separated by a comma
-bad-functions=apply,reduce
-
 # Good variable names which should always be accepted, separated by a comma
 good-names=e,i,j,k,n,ex,Run,_
 
@@ -167,63 +150,33 @@ include-naming-hint=yes
 # Regular expression matching correct function names
 function-rgx=[a-z_][a-z0-9_]{2,50}$
 
-# Naming hint for function names
-function-name-hint=[a-z_][a-z0-9_]{2,30}$
-
 # Regular expression matching correct variable names
 variable-rgx=[a-z_][a-z0-9_]{0,50}$
 
-# Naming hint for variable names
-variable-name-hint=[a-z_][a-z0-9_]{2,30}$
-
 # Regular expression matching correct constant names
 const-rgx=(([a-zA-Z_][a-zA-Z0-9_]*)|(__.*__))$
 
-# Naming hint for constant names
-const-name-hint=(([A-Z_][A-Z0-9_]*)|(__.*__))$
-
 # Regular expression matching correct attribute names
 attr-rgx=[a-z_][a-z0-9_]{1,50}$
 
-# Naming hint for attribute names
-attr-name-hint=[a-z_][a-z0-9_]{2,30}$
-
 # Regular expression matching correct argument names
 argument-rgx=[a-z_][a-z0-9_]{0,50}$
 
-# Naming hint for argument names
-argument-name-hint=[a-z_][a-z0-9_]{2,30}$
-
 # Regular expression matching correct class attribute names
 class-attribute-rgx=([A-Za-z_][A-Za-z0-9_]{2,30}|(__.*__))$
 
-# Naming hint for class attribute names
-class-attribute-name-hint=([A-Za-z_][A-Za-z0-9_]{2,30}|(__.*__))$
-
 # Regular expression matching correct inline iteration names
 inlinevar-rgx=[A-Za-z_][A-Za-z0-9_]*$
 
-# Naming hint for inline iteration names
-inlinevar-name-hint=[A-Za-z_][A-Za-z0-9_]*$
-
 # Regular expression matching correct class names
 class-rgx=[A-Z_][a-zA-Z0-9]+$
 
-# Naming hint for class names
-class-name-hint=[A-Z_][a-zA-Z0-9]+$
-
 # Regular expression matching correct module names
 module-rgx=(([a-z_][a-z0-9_]*)|([A-Z][a-zA-Z0-9]+))$
 
-# Naming hint for module names
-module-name-hint=(([a-z_][a-z0-9_]*)|([A-Z][a-zA-Z0-9]+))$
-
 # Regular expression matching correct method names
 method-rgx=[a-z_][a-z0-9_]{2,50}$
 
-# Naming hint for method names
-method-name-hint=[a-z_][a-z0-9_]{2,30}$
-
 # Regular expression which should only match function or class names that do
 # not require a docstring.
 no-docstring-rgx=^_
@@ -247,9 +200,6 @@ ignore-long-lines=^\s*(# )?<?https?://\S+>?$
 # else.
 single-line-if-stmt=no
 
-# List of optional constructs for which whitespace checking is disabled
-no-space-check=trailing-comma,dict-separator
-
 # Maximum number of lines in a module
 max-module-lines=1000