diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 81cc60d0..89f9e84f 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -18,8 +18,8 @@ TESTFILES := $(wildcard linkcheck/tests/*.py linkcheck/ftests/*.py)
 PYCHECKEROPTS := -F config/pycheckrc
 PYLINT := env PYTHONPATH=. PYLINTRC=config/pylintrc pylint.$(PYTHON)
 PYLINTOPTS := 
-PYLINTBROKEN = 
-PYLINTFILES = $(filter-out $(PYLINTBROKEN),$(PYFILES))
+PYLINTIGNORE = linkcheck/httplib2.py
+PYLINTFILES = $(filter-out $(PYLINTIGNORE),$(PYFILES))
 
 all:
 	@echo "Read the file doc/install.txt to see how to build and install this package."
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 5de9296d..8449c15c 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -42,7 +42,6 @@ from distutils.command.build import build
 from distutils.command.clean import clean
 from distutils.file_util import write_file
 from distutils import util
-
 from linkcheck import msgfmt
 
 # cross compile config