diff --git a/.pylintrc b/.pylintrc
index 5a30127..7eb5e2c 100644
--- a/.pylintrc
+++ b/.pylintrc
@@ -1,8 +1,4 @@
 # -*- mode: conf; -*-
 
 [MESSAGES CONTROL]
-disable=fixme,
-
-[SIMILARITIES]
-# nb. cuts out some noise for duplicate-code
-min-similarity-lines=5
+disable=fixme
diff --git a/src/wuttaweb/forms/schema.py b/src/wuttaweb/forms/schema.py
index e42ac33..f19e8c3 100644
--- a/src/wuttaweb/forms/schema.py
+++ b/src/wuttaweb/forms/schema.py
@@ -634,6 +634,7 @@ class FileDownload(colander.String):
        name/size is shown with no hyperlink.
     """
 
+    # pylint: disable=duplicate-code
     def __init__(self, request, *args, **kwargs):
         self.url = kwargs.pop("url", None)
         super().__init__(*args, **kwargs)
@@ -641,6 +642,8 @@ class FileDownload(colander.String):
         self.config = self.request.wutta_config
         self.app = self.config.get_app()
 
+    # pylint: enable=duplicate-code
+
     def widget_maker(self, **kwargs):  # pylint: disable=empty-docstring
         """ """
         kwargs.setdefault("url", self.url)
diff --git a/src/wuttaweb/forms/widgets.py b/src/wuttaweb/forms/widgets.py
index 55eea47..8dc6241 100644
--- a/src/wuttaweb/forms/widgets.py
+++ b/src/wuttaweb/forms/widgets.py
@@ -321,6 +321,7 @@ class FileDownloadWidget(Widget):  # pylint: disable=abstract-method
 
     readonly_template = "readonly/filedownload"
 
+    # pylint: disable=duplicate-code
     def __init__(self, request, *args, **kwargs):
         self.url = kwargs.pop("url", None)
         super().__init__(*args, **kwargs)
@@ -328,6 +329,8 @@ class FileDownloadWidget(Widget):  # pylint: disable=abstract-method
         self.config = self.request.wutta_config
         self.app = self.config.get_app()
 
+    # pylint: enable=duplicate-code
+
     def serialize(self, field, cstruct, **kw):  # pylint: disable=empty-docstring
         """ """
         # nb. readonly is the only way this rolls