diff --git a/.pylintrc b/.pylintrc
index 1a2df74503..21e51ae8ed 100644
--- a/.pylintrc
+++ b/.pylintrc
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ extension-pkg-whitelist=scipy,cereal.messaging.messaging_pyx,PyQt5,av
 
 # Add files or directories to the blacklist. They should be base names, not
 # paths.
-ignore=CVS,autogen,msm_kgsl.py
+ignore=CVS,autogen,msm_kgsl.py,runtime
 
 # Add files or directories matching the regex patterns to the blacklist. The
 # regex matches against base names, not paths.