diff --git a/.flake8 b/.flake8
deleted file mode 100644
index 2bcd70e..0000000
--- a/.flake8
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-[flake8]
-max-line-length = 88
diff --git a/.pylintrc b/.pylintrc
deleted file mode 100644
index 5d706ab..0000000
--- a/.pylintrc
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,9 +0,0 @@
-[MASTER]
-ignore-paths=^.*/tests/.*$
-disable=
-    arguments-renamed,
-    duplicate-code,
-    invalid-name,
-    no-member,
-    too-few-public-methods,
-    unused-argument,
diff --git a/poetry.lock b/poetry.lock
index f1b6c03..1460617 100644
--- a/poetry.lock
+++ b/poetry.lock
@@ -11,20 +11,6 @@ files = [
     {file = "alabaster-0.7.13.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:a27a4a084d5e690e16e01e03ad2b2e552c61a65469419b907243193de1a84ae2"},
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "astroid"
-version = "3.0.2"
-description = "An abstract syntax tree for Python with inference support."
-optional = true
-python-versions = ">=3.8.0"
-files = [
-    {file = "astroid-3.0.2-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:d6e62862355f60e716164082d6b4b041d38e2a8cf1c7cd953ded5108bac8ff5c"},
-    {file = "astroid-3.0.2.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:4a61cf0a59097c7bb52689b0fd63717cd2a8a14dc9f1eee97b82d814881c8c91"},
-]
-
-[package.dependencies]
-typing-extensions = {version = ">=4.0.0", markers = "python_version < \"3.11\""}
-
 [[package]]
 name = "attrs"
 version = "23.2.0"
@@ -403,20 +389,6 @@ files = [
 [package.extras]
 toml = ["tomli"]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "dill"
-version = "0.3.7"
-description = "serialize all of Python"
-optional = true
-python-versions = ">=3.7"
-files = [
-    {file = "dill-0.3.7-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:76b122c08ef4ce2eedcd4d1abd8e641114bfc6c2867f49f3c41facf65bf19f5e"},
-    {file = "dill-0.3.7.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:cc1c8b182eb3013e24bd475ff2e9295af86c1a38eb1aff128dac8962a9ce3c03"},
-]
-
-[package.extras]
-graph = ["objgraph (>=1.7.2)"]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "distlib"
 version = "0.3.8"
@@ -469,22 +441,6 @@ docs = ["furo (>=2023.9.10)", "sphinx (>=7.2.6)", "sphinx-autodoc-typehints (>=1
 testing = ["covdefaults (>=2.3)", "coverage (>=7.3.2)", "diff-cover (>=8)", "pytest (>=7.4.3)", "pytest-cov (>=4.1)", "pytest-mock (>=3.12)", "pytest-timeout (>=2.2)"]
 typing = ["typing-extensions (>=4.8)"]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "flake8"
-version = "5.0.4"
-description = "the modular source code checker: pep8 pyflakes and co"
-optional = true
-python-versions = ">=3.6.1"
-files = [
-    {file = "flake8-5.0.4-py2.py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:7a1cf6b73744f5806ab95e526f6f0d8c01c66d7bbe349562d22dfca20610b248"},
-    {file = "flake8-5.0.4.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:6fbe320aad8d6b95cec8b8e47bc933004678dc63095be98528b7bdd2a9f510db"},
-]
-
-[package.dependencies]
-mccabe = ">=0.7.0,<0.8.0"
-pycodestyle = ">=2.9.0,<2.10.0"
-pyflakes = ">=2.5.0,<2.6.0"
-
 [[package]]
 name = "h11"
 version = "0.14.0"
@@ -578,13 +534,13 @@ colors = ["colorama (>=0.4.6)"]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "jinja2"
-version = "3.1.2"
+version = "3.1.3"
 description = "A very fast and expressive template engine."
 optional = true
 python-versions = ">=3.7"
 files = [
-    {file = "Jinja2-3.1.2-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:6088930bfe239f0e6710546ab9c19c9ef35e29792895fed6e6e31a023a182a61"},
-    {file = "Jinja2-3.1.2.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:31351a702a408a9e7595a8fc6150fc3f43bb6bf7e319770cbc0db9df9437e852"},
+    {file = "Jinja2-3.1.3-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:7d6d50dd97d52cbc355597bd845fabfbac3f551e1f99619e39a35ce8c370b5fa"},
+    {file = "Jinja2-3.1.3.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:ac8bd6544d4bb2c9792bf3a159e80bba8fda7f07e81bc3aed565432d5925ba90"},
 ]
 
 [package.dependencies]
@@ -662,17 +618,6 @@ files = [
     {file = "MarkupSafe-2.1.3.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:af598ed32d6ae86f1b747b82783958b1a4ab8f617b06fe68795c7f026abbdcad"},
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "mccabe"
-version = "0.7.0"
-description = "McCabe checker, plugin for flake8"
-optional = true
-python-versions = ">=3.6"
-files = [
-    {file = "mccabe-0.7.0-py2.py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:6c2d30ab6be0e4a46919781807b4f0d834ebdd6c6e3dca0bda5a15f863427b6e"},
-    {file = "mccabe-0.7.0.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:348e0240c33b60bbdf4e523192ef919f28cb2c3d7d5c7794f74009290f236325"},
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "mypy"
 version = "1.8.0"
@@ -829,17 +774,6 @@ nodeenv = ">=0.11.1"
 pyyaml = ">=5.1"
 virtualenv = ">=20.10.0"
 
-[[package]]
-name = "pycodestyle"
-version = "2.9.1"
-description = "Python style guide checker"
-optional = true
-python-versions = ">=3.6"
-files = [
-    {file = "pycodestyle-2.9.1-py2.py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:d1735fc58b418fd7c5f658d28d943854f8a849b01a5d0a1e6f3f3fdd0166804b"},
-    {file = "pycodestyle-2.9.1.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:2c9607871d58c76354b697b42f5d57e1ada7d261c261efac224b664affdc5785"},
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "pycparser"
 version = "2.21"
@@ -903,17 +837,6 @@ typing-extensions = ">=4.2.0"
 dotenv = ["python-dotenv (>=0.10.4)"]
 email = ["email-validator (>=1.0.3)"]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "pyflakes"
-version = "2.5.0"
-description = "passive checker of Python programs"
-optional = true
-python-versions = ">=3.6"
-files = [
-    {file = "pyflakes-2.5.0-py2.py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:4579f67d887f804e67edb544428f264b7b24f435b263c4614f384135cea553d2"},
-    {file = "pyflakes-2.5.0.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:491feb020dca48ccc562a8c0cbe8df07ee13078df59813b83959cbdada312ea3"},
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "pygments"
 version = "2.17.2"
@@ -946,36 +869,6 @@ docs = ["alabaster (>=0.7,<1.0)", "sphinx (>=4.0,<5.0)"]
 tests = ["coverage[toml]", "dataclasses", "mypy (!=0.940)", "pytest (>=5.0)", "pytest-mypy-plugins", "pytest-sugar", "pytest-xdist", "pyyaml", "types-dataclasses", "types-mock"]
 tests-numpy = ["numpy", "pyhamcrest[tests]"]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "pylint"
-version = "3.0.3"
-description = "python code static checker"
-optional = true
-python-versions = ">=3.8.0"
-files = [
-    {file = "pylint-3.0.3-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:7a1585285aefc5165db81083c3e06363a27448f6b467b3b0f30dbd0ac1f73810"},
-    {file = "pylint-3.0.3.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:58c2398b0301e049609a8429789ec6edf3aabe9b6c5fec916acd18639c16de8b"},
-]
-
-[package.dependencies]
-astroid = ">=3.0.1,<=3.1.0-dev0"
-colorama = {version = ">=0.4.5", markers = "sys_platform == \"win32\""}
-dill = [
-    {version = ">=0.2", markers = "python_version < \"3.11\""},
-    {version = ">=0.3.7", markers = "python_version >= \"3.12\""},
-    {version = ">=0.3.6", markers = "python_version >= \"3.11\" and python_version < \"3.12\""},
-]
-isort = ">=4.2.5,<5.13.0 || >5.13.0,<6"
-mccabe = ">=0.6,<0.8"
-platformdirs = ">=2.2.0"
-tomli = {version = ">=1.1.0", markers = "python_version < \"3.11\""}
-tomlkit = ">=0.10.1"
-typing-extensions = {version = ">=3.10.0", markers = "python_version < \"3.10\""}
-
-[package.extras]
-spelling = ["pyenchant (>=3.2,<4.0)"]
-testutils = ["gitpython (>3)"]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "pyotp"
 version = "2.6.0"
@@ -1402,17 +1295,6 @@ files = [
     {file = "tomli-2.0.1.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:de526c12914f0c550d15924c62d72abc48d6fe7364aa87328337a31007fe8a4f"},
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "tomlkit"
-version = "0.12.3"
-description = "Style preserving TOML library"
-optional = true
-python-versions = ">=3.7"
-files = [
-    {file = "tomlkit-0.12.3-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:b0a645a9156dc7cb5d3a1f0d4bab66db287fcb8e0430bdd4664a095ea16414ba"},
-    {file = "tomlkit-0.12.3.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:75baf5012d06501f07bee5bf8e801b9f343e7aac5a92581f20f80ce632e6b5a4"},
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "tox"
 version = "4.11.4"
@@ -1556,11 +1438,11 @@ docs = ["furo", "jaraco.packaging (>=9.3)", "jaraco.tidelift (>=1.4)", "rst.link
 testing = ["big-O", "jaraco.functools", "jaraco.itertools", "more-itertools", "pytest (>=6)", "pytest-black (>=0.3.7)", "pytest-checkdocs (>=2.4)", "pytest-cov", "pytest-enabler (>=2.2)", "pytest-ignore-flaky", "pytest-mypy (>=0.9.1)", "pytest-ruff"]
 
 [extras]
-dev = ["pre-commit", "pylint", "pytest", "tox"]
-dev-all = ["black", "coverage", "flake8", "isort", "mypy", "pre-commit", "pylint", "pytest", "ruff", "sphinx", "tox"]
+dev = ["pre-commit", "pytest", "tox"]
+dev-all = ["black", "coverage", "isort", "mypy", "pre-commit", "pytest", "ruff", "sphinx", "tox"]
 test = ["coverage", "pytest"]
 
 [metadata]
 lock-version = "2.0"
 python-versions = "^3.8"
-content-hash = "48aab7752dbc51316e9e3f8e262c47055f933c7b18ab8011e53b7d092e2c06a9"
+content-hash = "b5add78ce948aa11c74d6194b59559860a850a19dcc0b8891aa192d729201b56"
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 2bb2e2b..74da2b4 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -69,11 +69,9 @@ importlib_metadata = {version = "*", python = "3.8.*"}
 # convenience packages for development of screenpy only
 black = {version = "*", optional = true}
 coverage = {version = "*", optional = true}
-flake8 = {version = "*", optional = true}
 isort = {version = "*", optional = true}
 mypy = {version = "*", optional = true}
 pre-commit = {version = "*", optional = true}
-pylint = {version = "*", optional = true}
 pytest = {version = "*", optional = true}
 ruff = {version = "*", optional = true}
 sphinx = {version = "*", optional = true}
@@ -89,11 +87,9 @@ dev = [
 dev_all = [
     "black",
     "coverage",
-    "flake8",
     "isort",
     "mypy",
     "pre-commit",
-    "pylint",
     "pytest",
     "ruff",
     "sphinx",