diff --git a/.pylintrc b/.pylintrc
index 4f6c72956..3da23df23 100644
--- a/.pylintrc
+++ b/.pylintrc
@@ -162,7 +162,7 @@ no-docstring-rgx=^_
 property-classes=abc.abstractproperty
 
 # Regular expression matching correct variable names
-variable-rgx=(([a-z][a-zA-Z0-9_]{2,30})|(_[a-z0-9_]*)|([a-z]))$
+variable-rgx=([a-zA-Z0-9_]*)$
 
 
 [FORMAT]
diff --git a/utils/lib_sxng_test.sh b/utils/lib_sxng_test.sh
index 368e60153..530b4f80d 100755
--- a/utils/lib_sxng_test.sh
+++ b/utils/lib_sxng_test.sh
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ test.pylint() {
         build_msg TEST "[pylint] ./searx ./searxng_extra ./tests"
         # shellcheck disable=SC2086
         pylint ${PYLINT_OPTIONS} ${PYLINT_VERBOSE} \
-            --ignore=searx/engines \
+            --ignore-paths=searx/engines \
             searx searx/searxng.msg \
             searxng_extra searxng_extra/docs_prebuild \
             tests