diff --git a/scripts/makeupdates b/scripts/makeupdates
index 1b9fb7eab..41ea6a7c1 100755
--- a/scripts/makeupdates
+++ b/scripts/makeupdates
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 #
 # Author: David Cantrell <dcantrell@redhat.com>
 
-import getopt
+import getopt  # pylint: disable=deprecated-module
 import os
 import shutil
 import subprocess