diff --git a/pavelib/quality.py b/pavelib/quality.py
index ca05a7def3..f5bd679c90 100644
--- a/pavelib/quality.py
+++ b/pavelib/quality.py
@@ -137,11 +137,13 @@ def _get_pylint_violations(systems=ALL_SYSTEMS.split(','), errors_only=False, cl
         system_report = report_dir / 'pylint.report'
         if clean or not system_report.exists():
             sh(
+                "export DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE={env}.envs.test; "
                 "pylint {flags} --output-format=parseable {apps} "
                 "> {report_dir}/pylint.report".format(
                     flags=" ".join(flags),
                     apps=apps_list,
-                    report_dir=report_dir
+                    report_dir=report_dir,
+                    env=('cms' if system == 'cms' else 'lms')
                 ),
                 ignore_error=True,
             )
diff --git a/requirements/edx-sandbox/py35.txt b/requirements/edx-sandbox/py35.txt
index d92baa9757..7a7f5724ec 100644
--- a/requirements/edx-sandbox/py35.txt
+++ b/requirements/edx-sandbox/py35.txt
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ matplotlib==2.2.4         # via -c requirements/edx-sandbox/../constraints.txt,
 mpmath==1.1.0             # via sympy
 networkx==2.2             # via -r requirements/edx-sandbox/py35.in
 nltk==3.5                 # via -r requirements/edx-sandbox/shared.txt, chem
-numpy==1.16.5             # via -c requirements/edx-sandbox/../constraints.txt, -r requirements/edx-sandbox/py35.in, chem, matplotlib, openedx-calc, scipy
+numpy==1.16.5             # via -c requirements/edx-sandbox/../constraints.txt, -r requirements/edx-sandbox/py35.in, chem, matplotlib, openedx-calc
 openedx-calc==1.0.9       # via -r requirements/edx-sandbox/py35.in
 pycparser==2.20           # via -r requirements/edx-sandbox/shared.txt, cffi
 pyparsing==2.2.0          # via -r requirements/edx-sandbox/py35.in, chem, matplotlib, openedx-calc
diff --git a/scripts/thresholds.sh b/scripts/thresholds.sh
index c3d9fecbf7..92a4c39648 100755
--- a/scripts/thresholds.sh
+++ b/scripts/thresholds.sh
@@ -2,6 +2,6 @@
 set -e
 
 export LOWER_PYLINT_THRESHOLD=1000
-export UPPER_PYLINT_THRESHOLD=2400
+export UPPER_PYLINT_THRESHOLD=7050
 export ESLINT_THRESHOLD=5300
 export STYLELINT_THRESHOLD=880