diff --git a/datacube/api/query.py b/datacube/api/query.py
index 62d9804a4..4a85670a4 100644
--- a/datacube/api/query.py
+++ b/datacube/api/query.py
@@ -233,7 +233,7 @@ def query_group_by(group_by='time', **kwargs):
         return group_by_map[group_by]
     except KeyError:
         raise LookupError(
-            f'No group by function for {group_by}, valid options are: {group_by_map.keys()}',  # pylint: disable=W1655
+            f'No group by function for {group_by}, valid options are: {group_by_map.keys()}',
         )
 
 
diff --git a/pylintrc b/pylintrc
index f1622ed11..e56e78753 100644
--- a/pylintrc
+++ b/pylintrc
@@ -10,76 +10,13 @@ disable=all
 # either give multiple identifier separated by comma (,) or put this option
 # multiple time (only on the command line, not in the configuration file where
 # it should appear only once). See also the "--disable" option for examples.
-enable=print-statement,
-       parameter-unpacking,
-       unpacking-in-except,
-       old-raise-syntax,
-       backtick,
-       long-suffix,
-       old-ne-operator,
-       old-octal-literal,
-       import-star-module-level,
-       non-ascii-bytes-literal,
-       invalid-unicode-literal,
-       c-extension-no-member,
-       apply-builtin,
-       basestring-builtin,
-       buffer-builtin,
-       cmp-builtin,
-       coerce-builtin,
-       execfile-builtin,
-       file-builtin,
-       long-builtin,
-       raw_input-builtin,
-       reduce-builtin,
-       standarderror-builtin,
-       unicode-builtin,
-       xrange-builtin,
-       coerce-method,
-       delslice-method,
-       getslice-method,
-       setslice-method,
-       dict-iter-method,
-       dict-view-method,
-       next-method-called,
-       metaclass-assignment,
-       indexing-exception,
-       raising-string,
-       reload-builtin,
-       oct-method,
-       hex-method,
+enable=c-extension-no-member,
 #       nonzero-method,
-       cmp-method,
-       input-builtin,
 #       round-builtin,
-       intern-builtin,
-       unichr-builtin,
 #       map-builtin-not-iterating,
 #       zip-builtin-not-iterating,
 #       range-builtin-not-iterating,
-       filter-builtin-not-iterating,
-       using-cmp-argument,
 #       eq-without-hash,
-       div-method,
-       idiv-method,
-       rdiv-method,
-       exception-message-attribute,
-       invalid-str-codec,
-       sys-max-int,
-       bad-python3-import,
-       deprecated-string-function,
-       deprecated-str-translate-call,
-       deprecated-itertools-function,
-       deprecated-types-field,
-       next-method-defined,
-       dict-items-not-iterating,
-       dict-keys-not-iterating,
-       dict-values-not-iterating,
-       deprecated-operator-function,
-       deprecated-urllib-function,
-       xreadlines-attribute,
-       deprecated-sys-function,
-       exception-escape,
        useless-import-alias