diff --git a/.pylintrc b/.pylintrc
index 273cf59f..06096bbc 100644
--- a/.pylintrc
+++ b/.pylintrc
@@ -244,7 +244,6 @@ enable=c-extension-no-member,
        hex-method,
        nonzero-method,
        cmp-method,
-       input-builtin,
        round-builtin,
        intern-builtin,
        unichr-builtin,
diff --git a/xen-bugtool b/xen-bugtool
index 8771b3d3..bf68e998 100755
--- a/xen-bugtool
+++ b/xen-bugtool
@@ -1959,7 +1959,7 @@ def prettyDict(d):
 
 
 def yes(prompt):
-    yn = raw_input(prompt)
+    yn = input(prompt)
 
     return len(yn) == 0 or yn.lower()[0] == 'y'