diff --git a/ipaserver/dcerpc.py b/ipaserver/dcerpc.py
index 6b62b5fea..a93e8ddb2 100644
--- a/ipaserver/dcerpc.py
+++ b/ipaserver/dcerpc.py
@@ -784,11 +784,8 @@ class DomainValidator(object):
         return info
 
 def string_to_array(what):
-    blob = [0] * len(what)
+    return [ord(v) for v in what]
 
-    for i in range(len(what)):
-        blob[i] = ord(what[i])
-    return blob
 
 class TrustDomainInstance(object):
 
diff --git a/pylintrc b/pylintrc
index e469128f4..d75ca13de 100644
--- a/pylintrc
+++ b/pylintrc
@@ -72,7 +72,6 @@ disable=
     not-an-iterable,
     singleton-comparison,
     misplaced-comparison-constant,
-    consider-using-enumerate,
     unneeded-not,
     not-a-mapping,
     singleton-comparison