diff --git a/test/sanity/pep8/current-ignore.txt b/test/sanity/pep8/current-ignore.txt
index 24fc145e14a..659c7f59e76 100644
--- a/test/sanity/pep8/current-ignore.txt
+++ b/test/sanity/pep8/current-ignore.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 E402
 W503
 W504
-E722
 E741
diff --git a/test/sanity/pylint/config/default b/test/sanity/pylint/config/default
index f0d324db228..c1ac8e791cf 100644
--- a/test/sanity/pylint/config/default
+++ b/test/sanity/pylint/config/default
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ disable=
     bad-continuation,
     bad-indentation,
     bad-mcs-classmethod-argument,
-    bare-except,
     blacklisted-name,
     broad-except,
     c-extension-no-member,