diff --git a/pyopencl/array.py b/pyopencl/array.py
index 9d1b66b91ed59be814292237380a00f4b6261b32..1bfdc137434e88700cfb987d107f720fe8ed1702 100644
--- a/pyopencl/array.py
+++ b/pyopencl/array.py
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 """CL device arrays."""
 
+# pylint:disable=unexpected-keyword-arg  # for @elwise_kernel_runner
+
 from __future__ import division, absolute_import
 
 __copyright__ = "Copyright (C) 2009 Andreas Kloeckner"
diff --git a/pyopencl/cache.py b/pyopencl/cache.py
index 3e4bc65d13dc62267c5d12e3346842e4617327c8..fd46dc5c88fd85b3731f5758d38ee56492f9f69e 100644
--- a/pyopencl/cache.py
+++ b/pyopencl/cache.py
@@ -482,7 +482,7 @@ def create_built_program_from_source_cached(ctx, src, options_bytes, devices=Non
     except Exception as e:
         from pyopencl import Error
         if (isinstance(e, Error)
-                and e.code == _cl.status_code.BUILD_PROGRAM_FAILURE):
+                and e.code == _cl.status_code.BUILD_PROGRAM_FAILURE):  # noqa pylint:disable=no-member
             # no need to try again
             raise
 
diff --git a/pyopencl/clmath.py b/pyopencl/clmath.py
index 6d45fe44ceb02fa13c7c6fb4563045e3aecdd87c..2ae8bfbfa22fd1842134c8db96be03a2e7fb9a44 100644
--- a/pyopencl/clmath.py
+++ b/pyopencl/clmath.py
@@ -1,4 +1,7 @@
 from __future__ import absolute_import
+
+# pylint:disable=unexpected-keyword-arg  # for @elwise_kernel_runner
+
 __copyright__ = "Copyright (C) 2009 Andreas Kloeckner"
 
 __license__ = """
diff --git a/test/test_array.py b/test/test_array.py
index d7274c68f71b4dececf5402015507dcc5b69bfd9..811969a6775a69d2368360e3a7e83f0d02418822 100644
--- a/test/test_array.py
+++ b/test/test_array.py
@@ -571,7 +571,7 @@ def test_bitwise(ctx_factory):
 
         # Test unary ~
         res_dev = ~a_dev
-        res = ~a
+        res = ~a  # pylint:disable=invalid-unary-operand-type
         assert (res_dev.get() == res).all()
 
 # }}}
@@ -1072,7 +1072,7 @@ def test_skip_slicing(ctx_factory):
     a = cl_array.to_device(queue, a_host)
     b = a[::3]
     assert b.shape == b_host.shape
-    assert np.array_equal(b[1].get(), b_host[1])
+    assert np.array_equal(b[1].get(), b_host[1])  # pylint:disable=unsubscriptable-object
 
 
 def test_transpose(ctx_factory):
diff --git a/test/test_wrapper.py b/test/test_wrapper.py
index fba8ceb9d6cdcdc04792f9d4e9f1f5f8b817d184..ee3219e971b931c50351332f140f4cfdf4d9591f 100644
--- a/test/test_wrapper.py
+++ b/test/test_wrapper.py
@@ -120,8 +120,7 @@ def test_get_info(ctx_factory):
 
     def do_test(cl_obj, info_cls, func=None, try_attr_form=True):
         if func is None:
-            def func(info):
-                    cl_obj.get_info(info)
+            func = cl_obj.get_info
 
         for info_name in dir(info_cls):
             if not info_name.startswith("_") and info_name != "to_string":
@@ -1030,7 +1029,7 @@ def test_fine_grain_svm(ctx_factory):
 
 @pytest.mark.parametrize("dtype", [
     np.uint,
-    cl.cltypes.uint2,
+    cltypes.uint2,
     ])
 def test_map_dtype(ctx_factory, dtype):
     if cl._PYPY: