diff --git a/.pylintrc b/.pylintrc
index e88109b..70f3ec2 100644
--- a/.pylintrc
+++ b/.pylintrc
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@
 disable=
         attribute-defined-outside-init,
         fixme,
-        too-many-arguments,
         too-many-branches,
         too-many-locals,
         too-many-positional-arguments,
diff --git a/src/wuttjamaican/auth.py b/src/wuttjamaican/auth.py
index 1fbce42..0c7bec3 100644
--- a/src/wuttjamaican/auth.py
+++ b/src/wuttjamaican/auth.py
@@ -512,7 +512,7 @@ class AuthHandler(GenericHandler):  # pylint: disable=too-many-public-methods
 
         return cache
 
-    def has_permission(
+    def has_permission(  # pylint: disable=too-many-arguments
         self,
         session,
         principal,
diff --git a/src/wuttjamaican/conf.py b/src/wuttjamaican/conf.py
index f083c01..15004b2 100644
--- a/src/wuttjamaican/conf.py
+++ b/src/wuttjamaican/conf.py
@@ -192,7 +192,7 @@ class WuttaConfig:  # pylint: disable=too-many-instance-attributes
     default_app_handler_spec = "wuttjamaican.app:AppHandler"
     default_engine_maker_spec = "wuttjamaican.db.conf:make_engine_from_config"
 
-    def __init__(
+    def __init__(  # pylint: disable=too-many-arguments
         self,
         files=None,
         defaults=None,
@@ -336,7 +336,7 @@ class WuttaConfig:  # pylint: disable=too-many-instance-attributes
         # get current value, sans db
         return self.get(key, usedb=False)
 
-    def get(
+    def get(  # pylint: disable=too-many-arguments
         self,
         key,
         default=UNSPECIFIED,
@@ -753,7 +753,7 @@ def generic_default_files(appname):
     ]
 
 
-def get_config_paths(
+def get_config_paths(  # pylint: disable=too-many-arguments
     files=None,
     plus_files=None,
     appname="wutta",
@@ -942,7 +942,7 @@ def get_config_paths(
     return files
 
 
-def make_config(
+def make_config(  # pylint: disable=too-many-arguments
     files=None,
     plus_files=None,
     appname="wutta",
diff --git a/src/wuttjamaican/email.py b/src/wuttjamaican/email.py
index 2966f3c..d29a521 100644
--- a/src/wuttjamaican/email.py
+++ b/src/wuttjamaican/email.py
@@ -172,7 +172,7 @@ class Message:  # pylint: disable=too-many-instance-attributes
        List of file attachments for the message.
     """
 
-    def __init__(
+    def __init__(  # pylint: disable=too-many-arguments
         self,
         key=None,
         sender=None,
@@ -277,7 +277,6 @@ class EmailHandler(GenericHandler):  # pylint: disable=too-many-public-methods
         # prefer configured list of template lookup paths, if set
         templates = self.config.get_list(f"{self.config.appname}.email.templates")
         if not templates:
-
             # otherwise use all available paths, from app providers
             available = []
             for provider in self.app.providers.values():
@@ -455,7 +454,7 @@ class EmailHandler(GenericHandler):  # pylint: disable=too-many-public-methods
         # fall back to global default, if present
         return self.config.get(f"{self.config.appname}.email.default.replyto")
 
-    def get_auto_subject(
+    def get_auto_subject(  # pylint: disable=too-many-arguments
         self, key, context=None, rendered=True, setting=None, default=None
     ):
         """
@@ -756,7 +755,7 @@ class EmailHandler(GenericHandler):  # pylint: disable=too-many-public-methods
             f"{self.config.appname}.mail.send_emails", default=False
         )
 
-    def send_email(
+    def send_email(  # pylint: disable=too-many-arguments
         self, key=None, context=None, message=None, sender=None, recips=None, **kwargs
     ):
         """
diff --git a/src/wuttjamaican/install.py b/src/wuttjamaican/install.py
index 688b285..b7dd39d 100644
--- a/src/wuttjamaican/install.py
+++ b/src/wuttjamaican/install.py
@@ -238,7 +238,7 @@ class InstallHandler(GenericHandler):
 
     def make_db_url(
         self, dbtype, dbhost, dbport, dbname, dbuser, dbpass
-    ):  # pylint: disable=empty-docstring
+    ):  # pylint: disable=empty-docstring,too-many-arguments
         """ """
         from sqlalchemy.engine import URL  # pylint: disable=import-outside-toplevel
 
@@ -527,7 +527,7 @@ class InstallHandler(GenericHandler):
             }
         )
 
-    def prompt_generic(
+    def prompt_generic(  # pylint: disable=too-many-arguments
         self,
         info,
         default=None,