diff --git a/.pylintrc b/.pylintrc
index fa1c5be45..a1f7b7cb6 100644
--- a/.pylintrc
+++ b/.pylintrc
@@ -201,7 +201,7 @@ ignore-comments=yes
 ignore-docstrings=yes
 
 # Ignore imports when computing similarities.
-ignore-imports=no
+ignore-imports=yes
 
 
 [FORMAT]