diff --git a/.github/scripts/runPythonChecks.sh b/.github/scripts/runPythonChecks.sh
index 850597d50b6dbe4001c87b73c96e37bd098ad041..4e228e24dc8b0320afe15cc4aa16bba83aebc390 100755
--- a/.github/scripts/runPythonChecks.sh
+++ b/.github/scripts/runPythonChecks.sh
@@ -3,8 +3,5 @@
 source /cvmfs/sft.cern.ch/lcg/views/${VIEW}/setup.sh
 cd /Package
 
-echo "RUNNING PYLINT PY3K CHECK" && \
-find . -name "*.py" -and -not -name 'ddsix.py' -exec pylint --rcfile=.github/scripts/DD4hep.pylint.py3k.rc --py3k --msg-template="{path}:{line}: [{msg_id}({symbol}), {obj}] {msg}" {} + && \
-echo "" && \
 echo "RUNNING FLAKE8 CHECK" && \
 find . -name "*.py" -and -not -name 'ddsix.py' -exec flake8 {} +
diff --git a/.github/workflows/python.yml b/.github/workflows/python.yml
index e6e622fde3091ace848f20ece69e87ad447020e5..eb6016e07c3cc6866c33e72ae711eaf5532b8be7 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/python.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/python.yml
@@ -15,8 +15,5 @@ jobs:
       with:
         release-platform: ${{ matrix.LCG }}
         run: |
-          echo "RUNNING PYLINT PY3K CHECK"
-          find . -name "*.py" -and -not -name 'ddsix.py' -exec pylint --rcfile=.github/scripts/DD4hep.pylint.py3k.rc --py3k --msg-template="{path}:{line}: [{msg_id}({symbol}), {obj}] {msg}" {} +
-          echo ""
           echo "RUNNING FLAKE8 CHECK"
           find . -name "*.py" -and -not -name 'ddsix.py' -exec flake8 {} +