diff --git a/.pylintrc b/.pylintrc
index 70735ea..268f7c9 100644
--- a/.pylintrc
+++ b/.pylintrc
@@ -32,5 +32,3 @@ disable=fixme,
         too-many-nested-blocks,
         too-many-positional-arguments,
         too-many-public-methods,
-        too-many-statements,
-        ungrouped-imports,
diff --git a/src/wuttaweb/grids/base.py b/src/wuttaweb/grids/base.py
index fb764c9..7886401 100644
--- a/src/wuttaweb/grids/base.py
+++ b/src/wuttaweb/grids/base.py
@@ -1473,7 +1473,9 @@ class Grid:  # pylint: disable=too-many-instance-attributes
     # configuration methods
     ##############################
 
-    def load_settings(self, persist=True):  # pylint: disable=too-many-branches
+    def load_settings(  # pylint: disable=too-many-branches,too-many-statements
+        self, persist=True
+    ):
         """
         Load all effective settings for the grid.