diff --git a/.pre-commit-config.yaml b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
index 32bd0e3f42..1df95b667b 100644
--- a/.pre-commit-config.yaml
+++ b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
@@ -27,8 +27,3 @@ repos:
     rev: v7.32.0
     hooks:
       - id: eslint
-  - repo: https://github.com/pre-commit/mirrors-pylint
-    rev: v3.0.0a3
-    hooks:
-      - id: pylint
-        args: [--disable=all, --enable=unused-import]
diff --git a/docs/source/conf.py b/docs/source/conf.py
index 99a0c98d3a..f9dafa6007 100644
--- a/docs/source/conf.py
+++ b/docs/source/conf.py
@@ -379,7 +379,7 @@
 spelling_word_list_filename = "spelling_wordlist.txt"
 
 # import before any doc is built, so _ is guaranteed to be injected
-import jupyter_server.transutils  # pylint: disable=unused-import
+import jupyter_server.transutils  # noqa: F401
 
 
 def setup(app):
diff --git a/examples/simple/conftest.py b/examples/simple/conftest.py
index 1e1fa425e6..366de33537 100644
--- a/examples/simple/conftest.py
+++ b/examples/simple/conftest.py
@@ -1 +1 @@
-from jupyter_server.conftest import *
+from jupyter_server.conftest import *  # noqa
diff --git a/jupyter_server/__init__.py b/jupyter_server/__init__.py
index e15e4e4671..3a6586a003 100644
--- a/jupyter_server/__init__.py
+++ b/jupyter_server/__init__.py
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 
 del os
 
-from ._version import version_info, __version__
+from ._version import version_info, __version__  # noqa
 
 
 def _cleanup():
diff --git a/jupyter_server/auth/__init__.py b/jupyter_server/auth/__init__.py
index 9f84fa2e94..23b6dc8b2a 100644
--- a/jupyter_server/auth/__init__.py
+++ b/jupyter_server/auth/__init__.py
@@ -1 +1 @@
-from .security import passwd
+from .security import passwd  # noqa
diff --git a/jupyter_server/prometheus/metrics.py b/jupyter_server/prometheus/metrics.py
index a7f200b7ca..7b6746ec28 100644
--- a/jupyter_server/prometheus/metrics.py
+++ b/jupyter_server/prometheus/metrics.py
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@
     # Jupyter Notebook also defines these metrics.  Re-defining them results in a ValueError.
     # Try to de-duplicate by using the ones in Notebook if available.
     # See https://github.com/jupyter/jupyter_server/issues/209
-    # pylint: disable=unused-import
     from notebook.prometheus.metrics import (
         HTTP_REQUEST_DURATION_SECONDS,
         TERMINAL_CURRENTLY_RUNNING_TOTAL,
diff --git a/jupyter_server/serverapp.py b/jupyter_server/serverapp.py
index ff193dba7e..ce4ec2b5d3 100644
--- a/jupyter_server/serverapp.py
+++ b/jupyter_server/serverapp.py
@@ -486,7 +486,6 @@ def shutdown_server(server_info, timeout=5, log=None):
     Returns True if the server was stopped by any means, False if stopping it
     failed (on Windows).
     """
-    from tornado.httpclient import HTTPClient, HTTPRequest
 
     url = server_info["url"]
     pid = server_info["pid"]
diff --git a/jupyter_server/services/config/__init__.py b/jupyter_server/services/config/__init__.py
index d8d9380206..9a2aee241d 100644
--- a/jupyter_server/services/config/__init__.py
+++ b/jupyter_server/services/config/__init__.py
@@ -1 +1 @@
-from .manager import ConfigManager
+from .manager import ConfigManager  # noqa
diff --git a/jupyter_server/utils.py b/jupyter_server/utils.py
index 93f9792973..ea6b31a6bf 100644
--- a/jupyter_server/utils.py
+++ b/jupyter_server/utils.py
@@ -14,11 +14,11 @@
 from urllib.parse import quote
 from urllib.parse import SplitResult
 from urllib.parse import unquote
-from urllib.parse import urljoin  # pylint: disable=unused-import
+from urllib.parse import urljoin  # noqa: F401
 from urllib.parse import urlparse
 from urllib.parse import urlsplit
 from urllib.parse import urlunsplit
-from urllib.request import pathname2url  # pylint: disable=unused-import
+from urllib.request import pathname2url  # noqa: F401
 
 from tornado.httpclient import AsyncHTTPClient
 from tornado.httpclient import HTTPClient
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index 19674c35a2..123c82e102 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ console_scripts =
 exclude = ['docs*', 'examples*']
 
 [flake8]
-ignore = E, C, W, F401, F403, F811, F841, E402, I100, I101, D400
+ignore = E, C, W, F403, F811, F841, E402, I100, I101, D400
 builtins = c, get_config
 exclude =
     .cache,