diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 3f2cf879388c49137d98afca20fbe9eecdaa5530..4d48bd9dcd1385f69cce5c724a2ba73f821267d1 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -263,7 +263,6 @@ Pylint:
   - PROJECT_INSTALL_FLAGS="--editable"
   - curl -L -O -k https://gitlab.tiker.net/inducer/ci-support/raw/pylint-flexible-config/prepare-and-run-pylint.sh
   - ". ./prepare-and-run-pylint.sh pyopencl test/test_*.py"
-  allow_failure: true
   tags:
   - python3
   except: