diff --git a/.github/workflows/lint.yml b/.github/workflows/lint.yml
index d80ff50..5290823 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/lint.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/lint.yml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ jobs:
     - name: Update pip
       run: pip install --upgrade pip
     - name: Install black and pylint
-      run: pip install black~=22.3 pylint~=2.13,!=2.13.6
+      run: pip install black pylint
     - name: Check files are formatted with black
       run: |
         black --check .
diff --git a/.pylintrc b/.pylintrc
index 6549ebb..d4cb258 100644
--- a/.pylintrc
+++ b/.pylintrc
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@ enable=
     line-too-long,
     lost-exception,
     missing-kwoa,
-    mixed-indentation,
     mixed-line-endings,
     not-callable,
     no-value-for-parameter,
@@ -30,7 +29,6 @@ enable=
     not-in-loop,
     pointless-statement,
     redefined-builtin,
-    relative-import,
     return-arg-in-generator,
     return-in-init,
     return-outside-function,
@@ -56,3 +54,5 @@ enable=
 # Ignore long lines containing URLs or pylint or mypy directives.
 ignore-long-lines=^(.*#\w*pylint: disable.*|.*# type: ignore.*|\s*(# )?<?https?://\S+>?)$
 
+# Ignore python scripts that generate example notebooks
+ignore-paths=^examples/python/.*.py$
diff --git a/pytket/extensions/braket/backends/braket.py b/pytket/extensions/braket/backends/braket.py
index fcf1edf..8abf37f 100644
--- a/pytket/extensions/braket/backends/braket.py
+++ b/pytket/extensions/braket/backends/braket.py
@@ -422,7 +422,6 @@ def __init__(
             self._characteristics,
         )
 
-        paradigm = props["paradigm"]
         n_qubits = len(self._all_qubits)
 
         self._supports_client_qubit_mapping = (
@@ -556,9 +555,9 @@ def _get_backend_info(
                     float, fid["1Q"]["mean"]
                 )
                 get_readout_error: Callable[["Node"], float] = lambda n: 0.0
-                get_link_error: Callable[
-                    ["Node", "Node"], float
-                ] = lambda n0, n1: 1.0 - cast(float, fid["2Q"]["mean"])
+                get_link_error: Callable[["Node", "Node"], float] = (
+                    lambda n0, n1: 1.0 - cast(float, fid["2Q"]["mean"])
+                )
             elif schema == RIGETTI_SCHEMA:
                 specs = characteristics["specs"]
                 specs1q, specs2q = specs["1Q"], specs["2Q"]
diff --git a/tests/backend_test.py b/tests/backend_test.py
index 10737ea..1a33c2e 100644
--- a/tests/backend_test.py
+++ b/tests/backend_test.py
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 import numpy as np
 import pytest
 from pytket.extensions.braket import BraketBackend
-from pytket.architecture import Architecture, FullyConnected
+from pytket.architecture import FullyConnected
 from pytket.circuit import Circuit, OpType, Qubit, Bit
 from pytket.pauli import Pauli, QubitPauliString
 from pytket.utils.expectations import (