diff --git a/python/mxnet/ndarray/op.py b/python/mxnet/ndarray/op.py
index ef32c902c4ad..e4a1ab0df48b 100644
--- a/python/mxnet/ndarray/op.py
+++ b/python/mxnet/ndarray/op.py
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 import sys as _sys
 import os as _os
 import ctypes
-import numpy as np
+import numpy as np  # pylint: disable=unused-import
 
 from ..ndarray_doc import _build_doc
 
diff --git a/python/mxnet/ndarray/sparse.py b/python/mxnet/ndarray/sparse.py
index 07c655451c0a..da81b155e4b6 100644
--- a/python/mxnet/ndarray/sparse.py
+++ b/python/mxnet/ndarray/sparse.py
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@
 from ..context import Context
 from . import _internal
 from .ndarray import _DTYPE_NP_TO_MX, _DTYPE_MX_TO_NP
-from .ndarray import _STORAGE_TYPE_STR_TO_ID, NDArrayBase
+from .ndarray import _STORAGE_TYPE_STR_TO_ID
 from .ndarray import NDArray, _storage_type
 from .ndarray import zeros as _zeros_ndarray
 from .ndarray import array as _array
@@ -61,13 +61,13 @@
     if int(_os.environ.get("MXNET_ENFORCE_CYTHON", False)) != 0:
         raise ImportError("Cython Module cannot be loaded but MXNET_ENFORCE_CYTHON=1")
     from .._ctypes.ndarray import _set_ndarray_class
+# pylint: enable=unused-import
 
 
 __all__ = ["_ndarray_cls", "csr_matrix", "row_sparse_array",
            "BaseSparseNDArray", "CSRNDArray", "RowSparseNDArray"]
 
 
-# pylint: enable=unused-import
 _STORAGE_AUX_TYPES = {
     'row_sparse': [np.int64],
     'csr': [np.int64, np.int64]
diff --git a/python/mxnet/symbol/op.py b/python/mxnet/symbol/op.py
index 4a6bc9c804b4..82884a5cc6a2 100644
--- a/python/mxnet/symbol/op.py
+++ b/python/mxnet/symbol/op.py
@@ -20,32 +20,34 @@
 import sys as _sys
 import os as _os
 import ctypes
-import numpy as _numpy
+import numpy as _numpy  # pylint: disable=unused-import
 
 from mxnet.base import mx_uint, check_call, _LIB, py_str, OpHandle, c_str
 from mxnet.symbol_doc import _build_doc
 
 # Use different version of SymbolBase
 # When possible, use cython to speedup part of computation.
+# pylint: disable=unused-import
 try:
     if int(_os.environ.get("MXNET_ENABLE_CYTHON", True)) == 0:
         from .._ctypes.symbol import SymbolBase, _set_symbol_class
-        from .._ctypes.symbol import _symbol_creator  # pylint: disable=unused-import
+        from .._ctypes.symbol import _symbol_creator
     elif _sys.version_info >= (3, 0):
         from .._cy3.symbol import SymbolBase, _set_symbol_class
-        from .._cy3.symbol import _symbol_creator  # pylint: disable=unused-import
+        from .._cy3.symbol import _symbol_creator
     else:
         from .._cy2.symbol import SymbolBase, _set_symbol_class
-        from .._cy2.symbol import _symbol_creator  # pylint: disable=unused-import
+        from .._cy2.symbol import _symbol_creator
 except ImportError:
     if int(_os.environ.get("MXNET_ENFORCE_CYTHON", False)) != 0:
         raise ImportError("Cython Module cannot be loaded but MXNET_ENFORCE_CYTHON=1")
     from .._ctypes.symbol import SymbolBase, _set_symbol_class
-    from .._ctypes.symbol import _symbol_creator  # pylint: disable=unused-import
+    from .._ctypes.symbol import _symbol_creator
 
-from ..base import _Null  # pylint: disable=unused-import
-from ..name import NameManager  # pylint: disable=unused-import
-from ..attribute import AttrScope  # pylint: disable=unused-import
+from ..base import _Null
+from ..name import NameManager
+from ..attribute import AttrScope
+# pylint: enable=unused-import
 
 
 def _make_atomic_symbol_function(handle, name):