diff --git a/codejail/jail_code.py b/codejail/jail_code.py
index 97957bd4..c1ac9471 100644
--- a/codejail/jail_code.py
+++ b/codejail/jail_code.py
@@ -183,7 +183,7 @@ class JailResult:
     def __init__(self):
         self.stdout = self.stderr = self.status = None
 
-
+# pylint: disable=too-many-positional-arguments
 def jail_code(command, code=None, files=None, extra_files=None, argv=None,
               stdin=None, limit_overrides_context=None, slug=None):
     """
@@ -229,6 +229,7 @@ def jail_code(command, code=None, files=None, extra_files=None, argv=None,
     # pylint: disable=too-many-statements
 
     if not is_configured(command):
+        # pylint: disable=broad-exception-raised
         raise Exception("jail_code needs to be configured for %r" % command)
 
     # We make a temp directory to serve as the home of the sandboxed code.
diff --git a/codejail/proxy.py b/codejail/proxy.py
index 3a389774..7e82a94c 100644
--- a/codejail/proxy.py
+++ b/codejail/proxy.py
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ def run_subprocess_through_proxy(*args, **kwargs):  # pylint: disable=inconsiste
             proxy_stdout = proxy.stdout.readline()
             if not proxy_stdout:
                 # EOF: the proxy must have died.
-                raise Exception("Proxy process died unexpectedly!")
+                raise Exception("Proxy process died unexpectedly!")  # pylint: disable=broad-exception-raised
             status, stdout, stderr, log_calls = deserialize_out(proxy_stdout.rstrip())
 
             # Write all the log messages to the log, and return.
diff --git a/codejail/safe_exec.py b/codejail/safe_exec.py
index 5a0d986d..18e034c3 100644
--- a/codejail/safe_exec.py
+++ b/codejail/safe_exec.py
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ class SafeExecException(Exception):
     """
 
 
+# pylint: disable=too-many-positional-arguments
 def safe_exec(
         code,
         globals_dict,
@@ -235,6 +236,7 @@ def decode_object(obj):
     return json.loads(json.dumps(jd))
 
 
+# pylint: disable=too-many-positional-arguments
 def not_safe_exec(
         code,
         globals_dict,
diff --git a/codejail/subproc.py b/codejail/subproc.py
index c4d3a975..ec35f675 100644
--- a/codejail/subproc.py
+++ b/codejail/subproc.py
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 log = logging.getLogger("codejail")
 
 
+# pylint: disable=too-many-positional-arguments
 def run_subprocess(
         cmd, stdin=None, cwd=None, env=None, rlimits=None, realtime=None,
         slug=None,