diff --git a/mock/py/mock.py b/mock/py/mock.py
index 8d154f120..01008406f 100755
--- a/mock/py/mock.py
+++ b/mock/py/mock.py
@@ -61,23 +61,13 @@
 
 # pylint: disable=import-error
 from functools import partial
+
+# our imports
 from mockbuild import config
 from mockbuild import util
-from mockbuild.constants import MOCKCONFDIR, PYTHONDIR, VERSION
+from mockbuild.constants import MOCKCONFDIR, VERSION
 from mockbuild.file_downloader import FileDownloader
 from mockbuild.mounts import BindMountPoint, FileSystemMountPoint
-
-# import all mockbuild.* modules after this.
-sys.path.insert(0, PYTHONDIR)
-
-# set up basic logging until config file can be read
-FORMAT = "%(levelname)s: %(message)s"
-logging.basicConfig(format=FORMAT, level=logging.WARNING)
-log = logging.getLogger()
-
-# our imports
-# pylint: disable=wrong-import-position
-
 import mockbuild.backend
 from mockbuild.backend import Commands
 from mockbuild.buildroot import Buildroot
@@ -89,6 +79,12 @@
 import mockbuild.uid
 from mockbuild.scrub_all import scrub_all_chroots
 
+# set up basic logging until config file can be read
+FORMAT = "%(levelname)s: %(message)s"
+logging.basicConfig(format=FORMAT, level=logging.WARNING)
+log = logging.getLogger()
+
+
 signal_names = {1: "SIGHUP",
                 13: "SIGPIPE",
                 15: "SIGTERM"
diff --git a/mock/pylintrc b/mock/pylintrc
index d4601412d..2ef8a288a 100644
--- a/mock/pylintrc
+++ b/mock/pylintrc
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ max-public-methods=20
 max-line-length=120
 
 # Maximum number of lines in a module
-max-module-lines=1000
+max-module-lines=2000
 
 # String used as indentation unit. This is usually " " (4 spaces) or "\t" (1
 # tab).