diff --git a/.pylintrc b/.pylintrc
index a3e84bf..d8074d6 100644
--- a/.pylintrc
+++ b/.pylintrc
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@ disable=fixme,
         consider-using-set-comprehension,
         dangerous-default-value,
         duplicate-code,
-        import-outside-toplevel,
         isinstance-second-argument-not-valid-type,
         keyword-arg-before-vararg,
         missing-function-docstring,
diff --git a/src/wuttaweb/cli/webapp.py b/src/wuttaweb/cli/webapp.py
index f319d3a..24695a4 100644
--- a/src/wuttaweb/cli/webapp.py
+++ b/src/wuttaweb/cli/webapp.py
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ def webapp(
 
     elif runner == "uvicorn":
 
-        import uvicorn  # pylint: disable=import-error
+        import uvicorn  # pylint: disable=import-error,import-outside-toplevel
 
         # need service details from config
         spec = config.require(f"{config.appname}.web.app.spec")
diff --git a/src/wuttaweb/forms/base.py b/src/wuttaweb/forms/base.py
index 12f8742..28934db 100644
--- a/src/wuttaweb/forms/base.py
+++ b/src/wuttaweb/forms/base.py
@@ -465,7 +465,9 @@ class Form:  # pylint: disable=too-many-instance-attributes
 
         Node overrides are tracked via :attr:`nodes`.
         """
-        from wuttaweb.forms.schema import ObjectNode
+        from wuttaweb.forms.schema import (  # pylint: disable=import-outside-toplevel
+            ObjectNode,
+        )
 
         if isinstance(nodeinfo, colander.SchemaNode):
             # assume nodeinfo is a complete node
@@ -532,7 +534,7 @@ class Form:  # pylint: disable=too-many-instance-attributes
         :returns: New widget instance, or ``None`` if e.g. it could
            not determine how to create the widget.
         """
-        from wuttaweb.forms import widgets
+        from wuttaweb.forms import widgets  # pylint: disable=import-outside-toplevel
 
         if widget_type == "notes":
             return widgets.NotesWidget(**kwargs)
@@ -556,7 +558,7 @@ class Form:  # pylint: disable=too-many-instance-attributes
         * :class:`sqlalchemy:sqlalchemy.types.DateTime` ->
           :class:`~wuttaweb.forms.widgets.WuttaDateTimeWidget`
         """
-        from wuttaweb.forms import widgets
+        from wuttaweb.forms import widgets  # pylint: disable=import-outside-toplevel
 
         if not self.model_class:
             return
@@ -586,7 +588,9 @@ class Form:  # pylint: disable=too-many-instance-attributes
         :param widget: :class:`~wuttaweb.grids.base.Grid` instance,
            pre-configured and (usually) with data.
         """
-        from wuttaweb.forms.widgets import GridWidget
+        from wuttaweb.forms.widgets import (  # pylint: disable=import-outside-toplevel
+            GridWidget,
+        )
 
         widget = GridWidget(self.request, grid)
         self.set_widget(key, widget)