diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 872fd55f0..4b59d5afd 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
 **/.cache/*
 **/__pycache__/*
 **/dist/*
+*.pyc
 */.coverage
 */build/*
 .nox/*
+venv/*
diff --git a/.pre-commit-config.yaml b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
index 2711185db..0d6bd6eaf 100644
--- a/.pre-commit-config.yaml
+++ b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ repos:
         - -d invalid-name
         - -d locally-disabled
         - -d missing-docstring
+        - -d unused-variable  # TODO: bug in pylint?
 -   repo: git://github.com/Lucas-C/pre-commit-hooks
     sha: v1.1.4
     hooks: