diff --git a/script/lint.js b/script/lint.js
index 5e7489ee8ddd..6cfb8143cd08 100755
--- a/script/lint.js
+++ b/script/lint.js
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ const LINTERS = [{
     const rcfile = path.join(DEPOT_TOOLS, 'pylintrc');
     const args = ['--rcfile=' + rcfile, ...filenames];
     const env = Object.assign({ PYTHONPATH: path.join(ELECTRON_ROOT, 'script') }, process.env);
-    spawnAndCheckExitCode('pylint', args, { env });
+    spawnAndCheckExitCode('pylint-2.7', args, { env });
   }
 }, {
   key: 'javascript',
diff --git a/script/release/uploaders/upload.py b/script/release/uploaders/upload.py
index 2cec0ff8dabe..88fbcc242377 100755
--- a/script/release/uploaders/upload.py
+++ b/script/release/uploaders/upload.py
@@ -208,6 +208,7 @@ def zero_zip_date_time(fname):
     with open(fname, 'r+b') as f:
       _zero_zip_date_time(f)
   except Exception:
+    # pylint: disable=W0707
     raise NonZipFileError(fname)
 
 
diff --git a/script/run-clang-format.py b/script/run-clang-format.py
index b7817bb32c61..a8d43e08ba83 100644
--- a/script/run-clang-format.py
+++ b/script/run-clang-format.py
@@ -78,12 +78,14 @@ def make_diff(diff_file, original, reformatted):
 
 class DiffError(Exception):
     def __init__(self, message, errs=None):
+        # pylint: disable=R1725
         super(DiffError, self).__init__(message)
         self.errs = errs or []
 
 
 class UnexpectedError(Exception):
     def __init__(self, message, exc=None):
+        # pylint: disable=R1725
         super(UnexpectedError, self).__init__(message)
         self.formatted_traceback = traceback.format_exc()
         self.exc = exc
@@ -96,6 +98,7 @@ def run_clang_format_diff_wrapper(args, file_name):
     except DiffError:
         raise
     except Exception as e:
+        # pylint: disable=W0707
         raise UnexpectedError('{}: {}: {}'.format(
             file_name, e.__class__.__name__, e), e)
 
@@ -105,6 +108,7 @@ def run_clang_format_diff(args, file_name):
         with io.open(file_name, 'r', encoding='utf-8') as f:
             original = f.readlines()
     except IOError as exc:
+        # pylint: disable=W0707
         raise DiffError(str(exc))
     invocation = [args.clang_format_executable, file_name]
     if args.fix:
@@ -117,6 +121,7 @@ def run_clang_format_diff(args, file_name):
             universal_newlines=True,
             shell=True)
     except OSError as exc:
+        # pylint: disable=W0707
         raise DiffError(str(exc))
     proc_stdout = proc.stdout
     proc_stderr = proc.stderr