diff --git a/lib/ansible/compat/tests/mock.py b/lib/ansible/compat/tests/mock.py
index dd83e39167f..0972cd2e8e5 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/compat/tests/mock.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/compat/tests/mock.py
@@ -32,11 +32,11 @@ import sys
 try:
     # Allow wildcard import because we really do want to import all of mock's
     # symbols into this compat shim
-    # pylint: disable=wildcard-import
+    # pylint: disable=wildcard-import,unused-wildcard-import
     from unittest.mock import *
 except ImportError:
     # Python 2
-    # pylint: disable=wildcard-import
+    # pylint: disable=wildcard-import,unused-wildcard-import
     try:
         from mock import *
     except ImportError:
diff --git a/lib/ansible/compat/tests/unittest.py b/lib/ansible/compat/tests/unittest.py
index e1fc7e7f5a0..98f08ad6a84 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/compat/tests/unittest.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/compat/tests/unittest.py
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ import sys
 
 # Allow wildcard import because we really do want to import all of
 # unittests's symbols into this compat shim
-# pylint: disable=wildcard-import
+# pylint: disable=wildcard-import,unused-wildcard-import
 if sys.version_info < (2, 7):
     try:
         # Need unittest2 on python2.6
diff --git a/lib/ansible/vars/unsafe_proxy.py b/lib/ansible/vars/unsafe_proxy.py
index b97ddb236f2..05e50562773 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/vars/unsafe_proxy.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/vars/unsafe_proxy.py
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ from __future__ import (absolute_import, division, print_function)
 __metaclass__ = type
 
 # This is backwards compat.  unsafe_proxy was moved to avoid circular imports.
-from ansible.utils.unsafe_proxy import *  # pylint: disable=wildcard-import
+from ansible.utils.unsafe_proxy import *  # pylint: disable=wildcard-import,unused-wildcard-import
 
 try:
     from __main__ import display
diff --git a/test/sanity/code-smell/no-wildcard-import.sh b/test/sanity/code-smell/no-wildcard-import.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index d52a81f3bb8..00000000000
--- a/test/sanity/code-smell/no-wildcard-import.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,31 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/sh
-
-# Only needed until we enable pylint test for wildcard imports
-
-
-# The first three paths here are valid uses of wildcard imports
-# unsafe_proxy is backwards compat (pylint disabled added)
-# module_common.py is picked up from static strings, not from actual imports (pylint won't detect)
-# test_action.py is picked up from static strings, not from actual imports (pylint won't detect)
-# mock.py is importing code for an installed library for compat (pylint disabled added)
-# unittest.py is importing code for an installed library for compat (pylint disabled added)
-#
-# Everything else needs to be fixed
-wildcard_imports=$(find . -path ./test/runner/.tox -prune \
-        -o -path ./lib/ansible/vars/unsafe_proxy.py -prune \
-        -o -path ./lib/ansible/executor/module_common.py -prune \
-        -o -path ./test/units/plugins/action/test_action.py \
-        -o -path ./lib/ansible/compat/tests/mock.py -prune \
-        -o -path ./lib/ansible/compat/tests/unittest.py \
-        -o -name '*.py' -type f -exec grep -H 'import \*' '{}' '+')
-
-
-if test -n "$wildcard_imports" ; then
-  printf "\n== Wildcard imports detected ==\n"
-  printf "%s" "$wildcard_imports"
-  failures=$(printf "%s" "$wildcard_imports"| wc -l)
-  failures=$((failures + 2))
-  exit "$failures"
-fi
-
-exit 0
diff --git a/test/sanity/pylint/config/default b/test/sanity/pylint/config/default
index 9e2bd7f7f74..70759d04f60 100644
--- a/test/sanity/pylint/config/default
+++ b/test/sanity/pylint/config/default
@@ -93,10 +93,8 @@ disable=
     unused-argument,
     unused-import,
     unused-variable,
-    unused-wildcard-import,
     used-before-assignment,
     useless-super-delegation,
-    wildcard-import,
     wrong-import-order,
     wrong-import-position,