diff --git a/pylintrc b/pylintrc
index e1810ebe7..e3fafa331 100644
--- a/pylintrc
+++ b/pylintrc
@@ -34,7 +34,6 @@ disable=
     global-statement,
     global-variable-not-assigned,
     no-init,
-    pointless-except,
     pointless-statement,
     pointless-string-statement,
     protected-access,