diff --git a/.github/workflows/python-package-conda.yml b/.github/workflows/python-package-conda.yml
index 6c71ee5..17ac87a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/python-package-conda.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/python-package-conda.yml
@@ -34,10 +34,6 @@ jobs:
     - name: ruff
       run: |
         make ruff
-    - name: pylint
-      if: success() || failure()
-      run: |
-        make pylint
     - name: mypy
       if: success() || failure()
       run: |
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 64a29c8..f893bb8 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -37,7 +37,6 @@ help:
 	"updatedev - update conda development environment\n" \
 	"\n" \
 	"--- testing ---\n" \
-	"pylint        - run pylint checks\n" \
 	"mypy          - run mypy type checks\n" \
 	"check-format  - check formatting\n" \
 	"lint          - run all lint checkers\n" \
@@ -96,13 +95,10 @@ dev-install:
 # backward support - just use ruff-format-check instead
 black-check: check-format
 
-pylint:
-	$(CONDA_RUN) pylint src test
-
 mypy:
 	$(CONDA_RUN) mypy
 
-lint: ruff pylint mypy black-check
+lint: ruff mypy black-check
 
 pytest:
 	$(CONDA_RUN) pytest -s test
diff --git a/environment.yml b/environment.yml
index e864783..fb89146 100644
--- a/environment.yml
+++ b/environment.yml
@@ -16,10 +16,9 @@ dependencies:
   - make >=4.3
   # testing
   - mypy >=1.8,<2.0
-  - pylint >=3.0,<4.0
   - pytest >=7.4,<8.0
   - pytest-cov >=4.1.0,<5.0
-  - ruff >=0.1.11
+  - ruff >=0.3.7
   - types-pyyaml >=6.0
   # documentation
   - black >=23.12
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 262fb0a..ea56d02 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -76,52 +76,6 @@ module = [
 ]
 ignore_missing_imports = true
 
-[tool.pylint.main]
-ignore-paths=['^src/whl2conda/external/.*$']
-
-[tool.pylint.build_main]
-jobs = 0  # enable parallel checks
-py-version = "3.8" # min python version
-source-roots = ["src"]
-
-[tool.pylint.design]
-max-args = 5
-max-attributes = 20
-max-bool-expr = 5
-max-branches = 12
-max-locals = 15
-max-parents = 7
-max-public-methods = 20
-max-returns = 6
-max-statements = 50
-min-public-methods = 1
-
-[tool.pylint.similarities]
-min-similarity-lines = 6
-
-[tool.pylint.variables]
-allowed-redefined-builtins = ["help", "license"]
-
-[tool.pylint."messages control"]
-disable = [
-    "bad-inline-option",
-    "deprecated-pragma",
-    "file-ignored",
-    "fixme",
-    "invalid-name",
-    "line-too-long",
-    "locally-disabled",
-    "raw-checker-failed",
-    "suppressed-message",
-    "too-many-arguments",
-    "trailing-newlines",
-    "unspecified-encoding",
-    "use-dict-literal",
-    "use-symbolic-message-instead",
-    "useless-suppression",
-    "wrong-import-order"
-]
-
 [tool.ruff]
 line-length = 88
 exclude = [
diff --git a/src/whl2conda/impl/wheel.py b/src/whl2conda/impl/wheel.py
index 77ea45e..c02507b 100644
--- a/src/whl2conda/impl/wheel.py
+++ b/src/whl2conda/impl/wheel.py
@@ -23,11 +23,12 @@
 
 __all__ = ["unpack_wheel"]
 
+
 def unpack_wheel(
     wheel: Union[Path, str],
-    dest_dir: Union[Path|str],
+    dest_dir: Union[Path, str],
     *,
-    logger: Optional[logging.Logger] = None
+    logger: Optional[logging.Logger] = None,
 ) -> None:
     """
     Unpack wheel into specified directory.
diff --git a/test/impl/test_wheel.py b/test/impl/test_wheel.py
index 2ab10e9..773a266 100644
--- a/test/impl/test_wheel.py
+++ b/test/impl/test_wheel.py
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 """
 Unit tests for the whl2conda.impl.wheel module
 """
+
 import platform
 import stat
 from pathlib import Path
@@ -23,12 +24,13 @@
 
 from whl2conda.impl.wheel import unpack_wheel
 
-from ..test_packages import setup_wheel
+from ..test_packages import setup_wheel  # noqa: F401
+
 
 def test_unpack_wheel(
     tmp_path: Path,
     caplog: pytest.LogCaptureFixture,
-    setup_wheel: Path,
+    setup_wheel: Path,  # noqa: F811
 ) -> None:
     """
     Unit test for unpack_wheel