diff --git a/.pylintrc b/.pylintrc
index 2c4c8d6..6e3b123 100644
--- a/.pylintrc
+++ b/.pylintrc
@@ -93,12 +93,6 @@ py-version=3.11
 # Discover python modules and packages in the file system subtree.
 recursive=no
 
-# Add paths to the list of the source roots. Supports globbing patterns. The
-# source root is an absolute path or a path relative to the current working
-# directory used to determine a package namespace for modules located under the
-# source root.
-source-roots=
-
 # When enabled, pylint would attempt to guess common misconfiguration and emit
 # user-friendly hints instead of false-positive error messages.
 suggestion-mode=yes
@@ -449,21 +443,16 @@ disable=raw-checker-failed,
         useless-suppression,
         deprecated-pragma,
         use-symbolic-message-instead,
-        use-implicit-booleaness-not-comparison-to-string,
-        use-implicit-booleaness-not-comparison-to-zero,
-        no-self-use,           # disabled as it is too verbose
         fixme,                 # disabled as TODOs would show up as warnings
         protected-access,      # disabled as we don't follow the public vs private
                                # convention strictly
         duplicate-code,        # disabled as it is too verbose
-        redundant-returns-doc, # for @abstractmethod, it cannot interpret "pass"
         # disable the "too-many/few-..." refactoring hints
         too-many-lines, too-many-branches, too-many-locals, too-many-nested-blocks,
         too-many-statements, too-many-instance-attributes, too-many-arguments,
         too-many-public-methods, too-few-public-methods, too-many-ancestors,
         unnecessary-pass,           # allow for methods with just "pass", for clarity
         no-else-return,             # relax "elif" after a clause with a return
-        docstring-first-line-empty, # relax docstring style
         import-outside-toplevel,
         invalid-name,               # disabled as it is dumb
         consider-using-f-string     # also dumb
diff --git a/mapomatic/tests/test_transpiler_layout.py b/mapomatic/tests/test_transpiler_layout.py
index 270f57f..aced1b8 100644
--- a/mapomatic/tests/test_transpiler_layout.py
+++ b/mapomatic/tests/test_transpiler_layout.py
@@ -11,8 +11,8 @@
 # that they have been altered from the originals.
 """Test layouts in transpile"""
 
-from qiskit import transpile
 from qiskit_ibm_runtime.fake_provider import FakeMontreal
+from qiskit import transpile
 from qiskit.circuit.library import QuantumVolume
 
 import mapomatic as mm