diff --git a/manic/externals_description.py b/manic/externals_description.py
index 918d616e3..42755e1a5 100644
--- a/manic/externals_description.py
+++ b/manic/externals_description.py
@@ -193,6 +193,9 @@ def parse_submodules_desc_section(section_items, file_path):
 def read_gitmodules_file(root_dir, file_name):
     # pylint: disable=deprecated-method
     # Disabling this check because the method is only used for python2
+    # pylint: disable=too-many-locals
+    # pylint: disable=too-many-branches
+    # pylint: disable=too-many-statements
     """Read a .gitmodules file and convert it to be compatible with an
     externals description.
     """
diff --git a/test/test_sys_checkout.py b/test/test_sys_checkout.py
index 118bee530..9889feba0 100644
--- a/test/test_sys_checkout.py
+++ b/test/test_sys_checkout.py
@@ -38,7 +38,6 @@
 import os
 import os.path
 import shutil
-import sys
 import unittest
 
 from manic.externals_description import ExternalsDescription