diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 6d29d5dbcd..d3e5616e5c 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -495,7 +495,9 @@ pylint:
   script:
     - *configure
     - PYTHONPATH="$PYTHONPATH:$CI_PROJECT_DIR/bin/python"
-    - pylint --rcfile $CI_PROJECT_DIR/.pylintrc $(git ls-files '*.py' | grep -vE '(ans\.py|dangerfile\.py)')
+    - pylint --rcfile $CI_PROJECT_DIR/.pylintrc $(git ls-files '*.py' | grep -vE '(ans\.py|dangerfile\.py|^bin/tests/system/)')
+      # Ignore Pylint wrong-import-position error in system test to enable use of pytest.importorskip
+    - pylint --rcfile $CI_PROJECT_DIR/.pylintrc --disable=wrong-import-position $(git ls-files 'bin/tests/system/*.py' | grep -vE 'ans\.py')
 
 tarball-create:
   stage: precheck