diff --git a/tildes/prospector.yaml b/tildes/prospector.yaml
index d3f075d..545fbc7 100644
--- a/tildes/prospector.yaml
+++ b/tildes/prospector.yaml
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@ pyflakes:
     - F401  # unused imports, triggers in __init__.py and pylint can handle it otherwise
 
 pylint:
-  enable: all
   disable:
     - bad-continuation  # let Black handle line-wrapping
     - comparison-with-callable  # seems to have a lot of false positives
diff --git a/tildes/tests/conftest.py b/tildes/tests/conftest.py
index ddc1d9c..8877798 100644
--- a/tildes/tests/conftest.py
+++ b/tildes/tests/conftest.py
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ from sqlalchemy import create_engine
 from sqlalchemy.engine.url import make_url
 from sqlalchemy.orm import sessionmaker
 from sqlalchemy.orm.session import Session
-from testing.redis import RedisServer  # noqa
+from testing.redis import RedisServer
 from webtest import TestApp
 
 from scripts.initialize_db import create_tables
@@ -178,7 +178,6 @@ def base_app(overall_redis_session, sdb):
     testing_app.app.registry._redis_sessions = overall_redis_session
 
     def redis_factory(request):
-        # pylint: disable=unused-argument
         return overall_redis_session
 
     testing_app.app.registry["redis_connection_factory"] = redis_factory
diff --git a/tildes/tildes/enums.py b/tildes/tildes/enums.py
index bd6b7f9..1492a15 100644
--- a/tildes/tildes/enums.py
+++ b/tildes/tildes/enums.py
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ class CommentSortOption(enum.Enum):
         elif self.name == "POSTED":
             return "order posted"
 
-        return "most {}".format(self.name.lower())  # noqa
+        return "most {}".format(self.name.lower())
 
 
 class CommentTagOption(enum.Enum):
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ class TopicSortOption(enum.Enum):
         elif self.name == "ACTIVITY":
             return "activity"
 
-        return "most {}".format(self.name.lower())  # noqa
+        return "most {}".format(self.name.lower())
 
 
 class TopicType(enum.Enum):
diff --git a/tildes/tildes/lib/markdown.py b/tildes/tildes/lib/markdown.py
index 54a5b56..42b878b 100644
--- a/tildes/tildes/lib/markdown.py
+++ b/tildes/tildes/lib/markdown.py
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ BAD_ORDERED_LIST_REGEX = re.compile(
 # looks pretty ridiculous, but it's a dict where the keys are namespaced attr names,
 # like `(None, 'href')`, and there's also a `_text` key for getting the innerText of the
 # <a> tag.
-NamespacedAttrDict = Dict[Union[Tuple[Optional[str], str], str], str]  # noqa
+NamespacedAttrDict = Dict[Union[Tuple[Optional[str], str], str], str]
 
 
 def linkify_protocol_whitelist(
diff --git a/tildes/tildes/models/comment/comment.py b/tildes/tildes/models/comment/comment.py
index a58f48f..acac119 100644
--- a/tildes/tildes/models/comment/comment.py
+++ b/tildes/tildes/models/comment/comment.py
@@ -91,7 +91,6 @@ class Comment(DatabaseModel):
     @hybrid_property
     def markdown(self) -> str:
         """Return the comment's markdown."""
-        # pylint: disable=method-hidden
         return self._markdown
 
     @markdown.setter  # type: ignore
diff --git a/tildes/tildes/models/database_model.py b/tildes/tildes/models/database_model.py
index 0e166e3..f49e187 100644
--- a/tildes/tildes/models/database_model.py
+++ b/tildes/tildes/models/database_model.py
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ class DatabaseModelBase:
         return result.data[attribute]
 
 
-DatabaseModel = declarative_base(  # pylint: disable=invalid-name
+DatabaseModel = declarative_base(
     cls=DatabaseModelBase,
     name="DatabaseModel",
     metadata=MetaData(naming_convention=NAMING_CONVENTION),
diff --git a/tildes/tildes/models/log/log.py b/tildes/tildes/models/log/log.py
index 7b92478..a342fea 100644
--- a/tildes/tildes/models/log/log.py
+++ b/tildes/tildes/models/log/log.py
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ class LogComment(DatabaseModel, BaseLog):
 
     def __str__(self) -> str:
         """Return a string representation of the log event."""
-        return f"performed action {self.event_type.name}"  # noqa
+        return f"performed action {self.event_type.name}"
 
 
 class LogTopic(DatabaseModel, BaseLog):
@@ -146,8 +146,8 @@ class LogTopic(DatabaseModel, BaseLog):
         if self.event_type == LogEventType.TOPIC_TAG:
             return self._tag_event_description()
         elif self.event_type == LogEventType.TOPIC_MOVE:
-            old_group = self.info["old"]  # noqa
-            new_group = self.info["new"]  # noqa
+            old_group = self.info["old"]
+            new_group = self.info["new"]
             return f"moved from ~{old_group} to ~{new_group}"
         elif self.event_type == LogEventType.TOPIC_LOCK:
             return "locked comments"
@@ -158,19 +158,19 @@ class LogTopic(DatabaseModel, BaseLog):
         elif self.event_type == LogEventType.TOPIC_UNREMOVE:
             return "un-removed"
         elif self.event_type == LogEventType.TOPIC_TITLE_EDIT:
-            old_title = self.info["old"]  # noqa
-            new_title = self.info["new"]  # noqa
+            old_title = self.info["old"]
+            new_title = self.info["new"]
             return f'changed title from "{old_title}" to "{new_title}"'
 
-        return f"performed action {self.event_type.name}"  # noqa
+        return f"performed action {self.event_type.name}"
 
     def _tag_event_description(self) -> str:
         """Return a description of a TOPIC_TAG event as a string."""
         if self.event_type != LogEventType.TOPIC_TAG:
             raise TypeError
 
-        old_tags = set(self.info["old"])  # noqa
-        new_tags = set(self.info["new"])  # noqa
+        old_tags = set(self.info["old"])
+        new_tags = set(self.info["new"])
 
         added_tags = new_tags - old_tags
         removed_tags = old_tags - new_tags
diff --git a/tildes/tildes/models/model_query.py b/tildes/tildes/models/model_query.py
index 69bd114..3be0c6a 100644
--- a/tildes/tildes/models/model_query.py
+++ b/tildes/tildes/models/model_query.py
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ from sqlalchemy.orm import Load, undefer
 from sqlalchemy.orm.query import Query
 
 
-ModelType = TypeVar("ModelType")  # pylint: disable=invalid-name
+ModelType = TypeVar("ModelType")
 
 
 class ModelQuery(Query):
@@ -113,7 +113,6 @@ class ModelQuery(Query):
         This is useful for being able to load an item "fully" in a single query and
         avoid needing to make additional queries for related items.
         """
-        # pylint: disable=no-member
         self = self.options(Load(self.model_cls).joinedload("*"))
 
         return self
diff --git a/tildes/tildes/models/pagination.py b/tildes/tildes/models/pagination.py
index f3f8a90..73cfe14 100644
--- a/tildes/tildes/models/pagination.py
+++ b/tildes/tildes/models/pagination.py
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ from tildes.lib.id import id_to_id36, id36_to_id
 from .model_query import ModelQuery
 
 
-ModelType = TypeVar("ModelType")  # pylint: disable=invalid-name
+ModelType = TypeVar("ModelType")
 
 
 class PaginatedQuery(ModelQuery):
diff --git a/tildes/tildes/views/topic.py b/tildes/tildes/views/topic.py
index b59b180..a7fb983 100644
--- a/tildes/tildes/views/topic.py
+++ b/tildes/tildes/views/topic.py
@@ -265,9 +265,7 @@ def get_topic(request: Request, comment_order: CommentSortOption) -> dict:
     )
     log = (
         request.query(LogTopic)
-        .filter(
-            LogTopic.topic == topic, LogTopic.event_type.in_(visible_events)  # noqa
-        )
+        .filter(LogTopic.topic == topic, LogTopic.event_type.in_(visible_events))
         .order_by(desc(LogTopic.event_time))
         .all()
     )