diff --git a/.pylintrc b/.pylintrc
index c2db55d..d7466ee 100644
--- a/.pylintrc
+++ b/.pylintrc
@@ -41,4 +41,3 @@ disable=fixme,
         unspecified-encoding,
         unused-argument,
         use-a-generator,
-        use-dict-literal,
diff --git a/src/wuttaweb/views/batch.py b/src/wuttaweb/views/batch.py
index 77cc056..23441ab 100644
--- a/src/wuttaweb/views/batch.py
+++ b/src/wuttaweb/views/batch.py
@@ -274,7 +274,7 @@ class BatchMasterView(MasterView):
         thread = threading.Thread(
             target=self.populate_thread,
             args=(batch.uuid,),
-            kwargs=dict(progress=progress),
+            kwargs={"progress": progress},
         )
 
         # start thread and show progress page