diff --git a/wa/utils/android.py b/wa/utils/android.py
index 3e016dd4..b52b1559 100644
--- a/wa/utils/android.py
+++ b/wa/utils/android.py
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ class LogcatParser(object):
                 if event:
                     yield event
 
-    def parse_line(self, line):
+    def parse_line(self, line): #pylint: disable=no-self-use
         line = line.strip()
         if not line or line.startswith('-') or ': ' not in line:
             return None
diff --git a/wa/utils/cpustates.py b/wa/utils/cpustates.py
index 71f53b2f..2de3b471 100755
--- a/wa/utils/cpustates.py
+++ b/wa/utils/cpustates.py
@@ -564,7 +564,7 @@ class CpuUtilizationTimeline(object):
 
     def update(self, timestamp, core_states):  # NOQA
         row = [timestamp]
-        for core, [idle_state, frequency] in enumerate(core_states):
+        for core, [_, frequency] in enumerate(core_states):
             if frequency is not None:
                 frequency /= float(self._max_freq_list[core])
                 row.append(frequency)
@@ -584,7 +584,7 @@ def build_idle_state_map(cpus):
     for cpu_idx, cpu in enumerate(cpus):
         related_cpus = set(cpu.cpufreq.related_cpus) - set([cpu_idx])
         first_cluster_state = cpu.cpuidle.num_states - 1
-        for state_idx, state in enumerate(cpu.cpuidle.states):
+        for state_idx, _ in enumerate(cpu.cpuidle.states):
             if state_idx < first_cluster_state:
                 idle_state_map[(cpu_idx, state_idx)] = []
             else:
diff --git a/wa/utils/diff.py b/wa/utils/diff.py
index 5f126358..d57359c8 100644
--- a/wa/utils/diff.py
+++ b/wa/utils/diff.py
@@ -17,8 +17,8 @@ import os
 import re
 import logging
 
-#pyline disable=redefined-builtin
-from builtins import zip
+
+from builtins import zip #pyline disable=redefined-builtin
 from future.moves.itertools import zip_longest
 
 from wa.utils.misc import diff_tokens, write_table
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ def diff_interrupt_files(before, after, result):  # pylint: disable=R0914
 
 def diff_sysfs_dirs(before, after, result):  # pylint: disable=R0914
     before_files = []
-    for root, dirs, files in os.walk(before):
+    for root, _, files in os.walk(before):
         before_files.extend([os.path.join(root, f) for f in files])
     before_files = list(filter(os.path.isfile, before_files))
     files = [os.path.relpath(f, before) for f in before_files]
diff --git a/wa/utils/log.py b/wa/utils/log.py
index 243bff20..df15d090 100644
--- a/wa/utils/log.py
+++ b/wa/utils/log.py
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ _indent_width = 4
 _console_handler = None
 _init_handler = None
 
-
+#pylint: disable=global-statement
 def init(verbosity=logging.INFO, color=True, indent_with=4,
          regular_fmt='%(levelname)-8s %(message)s',
          verbose_fmt='%(asctime)s %(levelname)-8s %(name)10.10s: %(message)s',
@@ -95,6 +95,7 @@ def set_level(level):
     _console_handler.setLevel(level)
 
 
+#pylint: disable=global-statement
 def add_file(filepath, level=logging.DEBUG,
              fmt='%(asctime)s %(levelname)-8s %(name)10.10s: %(message)s'):
     global _init_handler
@@ -139,11 +140,13 @@ def __disable_logger(logger):
     logger.propagate = False
 
 
+#pylint: disable=global-statement
 def indent():
     global _indent_level
     _indent_level += 1
 
 
+#pylint: disable=global-statement
 def dedent():
     global _indent_level
     _indent_level -= 1
@@ -158,6 +161,7 @@ def indentcontext():
         dedent()
 
 
+#pylint: disable=global-statement
 def set_indent_level(level):
     global _indent_level
     old_level = _indent_level
@@ -265,11 +269,11 @@ class LineFormatter(logging.Formatter):
             record.asctime = self.formatTime(record, self.datefmt)
 
         indent_level = getattr(record, 'indent_level', _indent_level)
-        indent = _indent_width * indent_level
+        cur_indent = _indent_width * indent_level
         d = record.__dict__
         parts = []
         for line in record.message.split('\n'):
-            line = ' ' * indent + line
+            line = ' ' * cur_indent + line
             d.update({'message': line.strip('\r')})
             parts.append(self._fmt % d)
 
diff --git a/wa/utils/misc.py b/wa/utils/misc.py
index 6a70aee5..8916d077 100644
--- a/wa/utils/misc.py
+++ b/wa/utils/misc.py
@@ -418,7 +418,7 @@ def categorize(v):
     else:
         return 'c'
 
-
+#pylint: disable=too-many-return-statements,too-many-branches
 def merge_config_values(base, other):
     """
     This is used to merge two objects, typically when setting the value of a
diff --git a/wa/utils/serializer.py b/wa/utils/serializer.py
index b8930e37..2e39ebf3 100644
--- a/wa/utils/serializer.py
+++ b/wa/utils/serializer.py
@@ -65,6 +65,7 @@ from datetime import datetime
 import yaml as _yaml
 import dateutil.parser
 
+#pylint: disable=redefined-builtin
 from past.builtins import basestring
 
 from wa.framework.exception import SerializerSyntaxError
@@ -274,7 +275,7 @@ class python(object):
             exec(s, pod)  # pylint: disable=exec-used
         except SyntaxError as e:
             raise SerializerSyntaxError(e.message, e.lineno)
-        for k in list(pod.keys()):
+        for k in list(pod.keys()): # pylint: disable=consider-iterating-dictionary
             if k.startswith('__'):
                 del pod[k]
         return pod
@@ -350,7 +351,7 @@ def _write_pod(pod, wfh, fmt=None):
 
 
 def is_pod(obj):
-    if type(obj) not in POD_TYPES:
+    if type(obj) not in POD_TYPES: #pylint: disable=unidiomatic-typecheck
         return False
     if hasattr(obj, 'items'):
         for k, v in obj.items():
@@ -361,6 +362,3 @@ def is_pod(obj):
             if not is_pod(v):
                 return False
     return True
-
-
-
diff --git a/wa/utils/terminalsize.py b/wa/utils/terminalsize.py
index 530f59c8..6381653a 100644
--- a/wa/utils/terminalsize.py
+++ b/wa/utils/terminalsize.py
@@ -105,4 +105,3 @@ def _get_terminal_size_linux():
 if __name__ == "__main__":
     sizex, sizey = get_terminal_size()
     print('width =', sizex, 'height =', sizey)
-
diff --git a/wa/utils/trace_cmd.py b/wa/utils/trace_cmd.py
index 24a1cbfd..978cde1e 100644
--- a/wa/utils/trace_cmd.py
+++ b/wa/utils/trace_cmd.py
@@ -266,6 +266,7 @@ class TraceCmdParser(object):
                          by trace-cmd
         """
         inside_maked_region = False
+        #pylint: disable=superfluous-parens
         filters = [re.compile('^{}$'.format(e)) for e in (self.events or [])]
         filter_markers = self.filter_markers
         if filter_markers and self.check_for_markers:
diff --git a/wa/utils/types.py b/wa/utils/types.py
index 823cf0f4..318e6a1c 100644
--- a/wa/utils/types.py
+++ b/wa/utils/types.py
@@ -800,7 +800,7 @@ class cpu_mask(object):
         elif isinstance(cpus, list):
             self._mask = list_to_mask(cpus)
         elif isinstance(cpus, cpu_mask):
-            self._mask = cpus._mask
+            self._mask = cpus._mask # pylint: disable=protected-access
         else:
             msg = 'Unknown conversion from {} to cpu mask'
             raise ValueError(msg.format(cpus))