diff --git a/lms/djangoapps/certificates/tests/test_queue.py b/lms/djangoapps/certificates/tests/test_queue.py
index 1a8938df74..60d5f0b3ca 100644
--- a/lms/djangoapps/certificates/tests/test_queue.py
+++ b/lms/djangoapps/certificates/tests/test_queue.py
@@ -16,12 +16,12 @@ import six
 # and verify that items are being correctly added to the queue
 # in our `XQueueCertInterface` implementation.
 from capa.xqueue_interface import XQueueInterface
-from django.conf import settings
-from django.test import TestCase
-from django.test.utils import override_settings
-from mock import Mock, patch
-from opaque_keys.edx.locator import CourseLocator
-from testfixtures import LogCapture
+from django.conf import settings  # lint-amnesty, pylint: disable=wrong-import-order
+from django.test import TestCase  # lint-amnesty, pylint: disable=wrong-import-order
+from django.test.utils import override_settings  # lint-amnesty, pylint: disable=wrong-import-order
+from mock import Mock, patch  # lint-amnesty, pylint: disable=wrong-import-order
+from opaque_keys.edx.locator import CourseLocator  # lint-amnesty, pylint: disable=wrong-import-order
+from testfixtures import LogCapture  # lint-amnesty, pylint: disable=wrong-import-order
 from xmodule.modulestore.tests.django_utils import ModuleStoreTestCase
 from xmodule.modulestore.tests.factories import CourseFactory
 
diff --git a/lms/djangoapps/instructor_task/tests/test_tasks_helper.py b/lms/djangoapps/instructor_task/tests/test_tasks_helper.py
index bd23fa3587..df9e530fc7 100644
--- a/lms/djangoapps/instructor_task/tests/test_tasks_helper.py
+++ b/lms/djangoapps/instructor_task/tests/test_tasks_helper.py
@@ -19,15 +19,15 @@ from datetime import datetime, timedelta
 import ddt
 import unicodecsv
 from capa.tests.response_xml_factory import MultipleChoiceResponseXMLFactory
-from django.conf import settings
-from django.test.utils import override_settings
-from edx_django_utils.cache import RequestCache
-from freezegun import freeze_time
-from mock import ANY, MagicMock, Mock, patch
-from pytz import UTC
-from six import text_type
-from six.moves import range, zip
-from six.moves.urllib.parse import quote
+from django.conf import settings  # lint-amnesty, pylint: disable=wrong-import-order
+from django.test.utils import override_settings  # lint-amnesty, pylint: disable=wrong-import-order
+from edx_django_utils.cache import RequestCache  # lint-amnesty, pylint: disable=wrong-import-order
+from freezegun import freeze_time  # lint-amnesty, pylint: disable=wrong-import-order
+from mock import ANY, MagicMock, Mock, patch  # lint-amnesty, pylint: disable=wrong-import-order
+from pytz import UTC  # lint-amnesty, pylint: disable=wrong-import-order
+from six import text_type  # lint-amnesty, pylint: disable=wrong-import-order
+from six.moves import range, zip  # lint-amnesty, pylint: disable=wrong-import-order
+from six.moves.urllib.parse import quote  # lint-amnesty, pylint: disable=wrong-import-order
 from xmodule.modulestore import ModuleStoreEnum
 from xmodule.modulestore.tests.django_utils import SharedModuleStoreTestCase
 from xmodule.modulestore.tests.factories import CourseFactory, ItemFactory, check_mongo_calls
diff --git a/openedx/core/djangoapps/bookmarks/settings/common.py b/openedx/core/djangoapps/bookmarks/settings/common.py
index 3d6ea979f5..e350eea256 100644
--- a/openedx/core/djangoapps/bookmarks/settings/common.py
+++ b/openedx/core/djangoapps/bookmarks/settings/common.py
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+# lint-amnesty, pylint: disable=missing-module-docstring
 def plugin_settings(settings):
     # Course Content Bookmarks Settings
     settings.MAX_BOOKMARKS_PER_COURSE = 100
diff --git a/scripts/show_events.py b/scripts/show_events.py
index 7b3570e3d5..06be6f57e2 100644
--- a/scripts/show_events.py
+++ b/scripts/show_events.py
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+# lint-amnesty, pylint: disable=django-not-configured
 """
 Show Event outputs.
 """
@@ -10,7 +11,7 @@ import traceback
 try:
     import dateutil.parser
 except ImportError:
-    def date_string(ds, fmt=''):
+    def date_string(ds, fmt=''):  # lint-amnesty, pylint: disable=unused-argument
         return ds
 else:
     def date_string(ds, fmt='%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S.%f'):
@@ -18,7 +19,7 @@ else:
         return d.strftime(fmt)
 
 
-def display(message):
+def display(message):  # lint-amnesty, pylint: disable=missing-function-docstring
     print('{} - {}'.format(date_string(message['time']), message['event_type']))
     if message.get('event'):
         event = json.loads(message['event'])
@@ -33,6 +34,6 @@ while 1:
     try:
         obj = json.loads(line)
         display(obj)
-    except Exception:
+    except Exception:  # lint-amnesty, pylint: disable=broad-except
         traceback.print_exc()
         continue
diff --git a/scripts/xsslint_config.py b/scripts/xsslint_config.py
index b45684cb78..8de7d43c5b 100644
--- a/scripts/xsslint_config.py
+++ b/scripts/xsslint_config.py
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+# lint-amnesty, pylint: disable=django-not-configured, missing-module-docstring
 # xsslint config module for edx-platform