diff --git a/.github/matchers/pylint.json b/.github/matchers/pylint.json
deleted file mode 100644
index e3a6bd16..00000000
--- a/.github/matchers/pylint.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,32 +0,0 @@
-{
-  "problemMatcher": [
-    {
-      "severity": "warning",
-      "pattern": [
-        {
-          "regexp": "^([^:]+):(\\d+):(\\d+): ([A-DF-Z]\\d+): \\033\\[[\\d;]+m([^\\033]+).*$",
-          "file": 1,
-          "line": 2,
-          "column": 3,
-          "code": 4,
-          "message": 5
-        }
-      ],
-      "owner": "pylint-warning"
-    },
-    {
-      "severity": "error",
-      "pattern": [
-        {
-          "regexp": "^([^:]+):(\\d+):(\\d+): (E\\d+): \\033\\[[\\d;]+m([^\\033]+).*$",
-          "file": 1,
-          "line": 2,
-          "column": 3,
-          "code": 4,
-          "message": 5
-        }
-      ],
-      "owner": "pylint-error"
-    }
-  ]
-}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 69280a80..5d05fd21 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -6,9 +6,6 @@ on:
     branches:
       - main
 
-env:
-  FORCE_COLOR: 3
-
 concurrency:
   group: ${ github.workflow }-${ github.head_ref }
   cancel-in-progress: true
@@ -21,11 +18,10 @@ jobs:
     - uses: actions/setup-python@v4
       with:
         python-version: "3.x"
+    - uses: wandnz/action-lint-annotations@v1
     - uses: pre-commit/action@v3.0.0
     - name: PyLint
-      run: |
-        echo "::add-matcher::$GITHUB_WORKSPACE/.github/matchers/pylint.json"
-        pipx run nox -s pylint
+      run: pipx run nox -s pylint
 
   checks:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
diff --git a/src/hist/basehist.py b/src/hist/basehist.py
index cc008b7a..c7a9b6f0 100644
--- a/src/hist/basehist.py
+++ b/src/hist/basehist.py
@@ -72,6 +72,7 @@ def __init__(
         self.axes: NamedAxesTuple
         self.name = name
         self.label = label
+        useless = None
 
         if args and storage is None and isinstance(args[-1], (Storage, str)):
             storage = args[-1]