diff --git a/bin/lint b/bin/lint
index f0297cb83e14cdc30282ec0a00c716b3bec6c8a0..fa7e04b9155efde6cedbf1684891ef9f62a74062 100755
--- a/bin/lint
+++ b/bin/lint
@@ -1,9 +1,13 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+# duplicate-code disabled due to https://github.com/PyCQA/pylint/issues/214
+# (bridge_api warnings cannot be selectively disabled)
+
 if [ -z "$1" ]
   then
-    pylint hive/**/*.py -f colorized -r n
+    pylint hive/**/*.py -f colorized -r n -d duplicate-code
     grep -r --color=always 'pylint: disable' hive
 else
-    pylint $1 -f colorized -r n
+    pylint $1 -f colorized -r n -d duplicate-code
     grep -r --color=always 'pylint: disable' $1
 fi