diff --git a/.pylintrc b/.pylintrc
index 1f00098e1a..345165014e 100644
--- a/.pylintrc
+++ b/.pylintrc
@@ -52,12 +52,12 @@ ignore=CVS
 # ignore-list. The regex matches against paths and can be in Posix or Windows
 # format. Because '\\' represents the directory delimiter on Windows systems,
 # it can't be used as an escape character.
-ignore-paths=
+ignore-paths=picard/ui/forms
 
 # Files or directories matching the regular expression patterns are skipped.
 # The regex matches against base names, not paths. The default value ignores
 # Emacs file locks
-ignore-patterns=ui_.*\.py
+ignore-patterns=^\.#
 
 # List of module names for which member attributes should not be checked
 # (useful for modules/projects where namespaces are manipulated during runtime