diff --git a/pylintrc b/pylintrc
index 9ff650e695..c6fe751815 100644
--- a/pylintrc
+++ b/pylintrc
@@ -73,10 +73,10 @@ persistent = yes
 load-plugins = edx_lint.pylint,pylint_django,pylint_celery
 
 [MESSAGES CONTROL]
-enable = 
+enable =
 	blacklisted-name,
 	line-too-long,
-	
+
 	syntax-error,
 	init-is-generator,
 	return-in-init,
@@ -199,7 +199,7 @@ enable =
 	anomalous-unicode-escape-in-string,
 	bad-open-mode,
 	boolean-datetime,
-	
+
 	fatal,
 	astroid-error,
 	parse-error,
@@ -207,20 +207,20 @@ enable =
 	django-not-available,
 	raw-checker-failed,
 	django-not-available-placeholder,
-	
+
 	empty-docstring,
 	invalid-characters-in-docstring,
 	missing-docstring,
 	wrong-spelling-in-comment,
 	wrong-spelling-in-docstring,
-	
+
 	unused-import,
 	unused-variable,
 	unused-argument,
-	
+
 	exec-used,
 	eval-used,
-	
+
 	bad-classmethod-argument,
 	bad-mcs-classmethod-argument,
 	bad-mcs-method-argument,
@@ -255,31 +255,30 @@ enable =
 	model-has-unicode,
 	model-no-explicit-unicode,
 	protected-access,
-	
+
 	deprecated-module,
 	deprecated-method,
-	
+
 	too-many-nested-blocks,
 	too-many-statements,
 	too-many-boolean-expressions,
-	
+
 	wrong-import-order,
 	wrong-import-position,
 	wildcard-import,
-	
+
 	missing-final-newline,
 	mixed-line-endings,
 	trailing-newlines,
 	trailing-whitespace,
 	unexpected-line-ending-format,
 	mixed-indentation,
-	
+
 	bad-option-value,
 	unrecognized-inline-option,
-	useless-suppression,
 	bad-inline-option,
 	deprecated-pragma,
-disable = 
+disable =
 	bad-continuation,
 	invalid-name,
 	misplaced-comparison-constant,
@@ -289,7 +288,7 @@ disable =
 	unused-wildcard-import,
 	global-statement,
 	no-else-return,
-	
+
 	apply-builtin,
 	backtick,
 	basestring-builtin,
@@ -364,6 +363,7 @@ disable =
 	no-else-break,
 	no-else-continue,
 	useless-object-inheritance,
+    useless-suppression,
 
 [REPORTS]
 output-format = text
@@ -409,7 +409,7 @@ ignore-imports = no
 ignore-mixin-members = yes
 ignored-classes = SQLObject
 unsafe-load-any-extension = yes
-generated-members = 
+generated-members =
 	REQUEST,
 	acl_users,
 	aq_parent,
@@ -435,7 +435,7 @@ generated-members =
 [VARIABLES]
 init-import = no
 dummy-variables-rgx = _|dummy|unused|.*_unused
-additional-builtins = 
+additional-builtins =
 
 [CLASSES]
 defining-attr-methods = __init__,__new__,setUp
@@ -456,9 +456,9 @@ max-public-methods = 20
 
 [IMPORTS]
 deprecated-modules = regsub,TERMIOS,Bastion,rexec
-import-graph = 
-ext-import-graph = 
-int-import-graph = 
+import-graph =
+ext-import-graph =
+int-import-graph =
 
 [EXCEPTIONS]
 overgeneral-exceptions = Exception