diff --git a/.pylintrc b/.pylintrc
index f21cbc81..ecbaaade 100644
--- a/.pylintrc
+++ b/.pylintrc
@@ -391,7 +391,6 @@ disable=raw-checker-failed,
         redefined-outer-name,  # needed for test fixtures
         subprocess-popen-preexec-fn,
         unexpected-keyword-arg,
-        unnecessary-pass,
         unsupported-assignment-operation,  # TODO: needs better typing info
         unused-argument,
         unused-variable,
diff --git a/plugins/module_utils/_api/auth.py b/plugins/module_utils/_api/auth.py
index e6d44085..317e6c77 100644
--- a/plugins/module_utils/_api/auth.py
+++ b/plugins/module_utils/_api/auth.py
@@ -370,7 +370,6 @@ def _load_legacy_config(config_file):
         }
     except Exception as e:  # pylint: disable=broad-exception-caught
         log.debug(e)
-        pass
 
     log.debug("All parsing attempts failed - returning empty config")
     return {}
diff --git a/plugins/module_utils/_api/transport/npipeconn.py b/plugins/module_utils/_api/transport/npipeconn.py
index ca348426..3f618b38 100644
--- a/plugins/module_utils/_api/transport/npipeconn.py
+++ b/plugins/module_utils/_api/transport/npipeconn.py
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ class NpipeHTTPConnectionPool(urllib3.connectionpool.HTTPConnectionPool):
                     self,
                     "Pool reached maximum size and no more connections are allowed.",
                 ) from exc
-            pass  # Oh well, we'll create a new connection then
+            # Oh well, we'll create a new connection then
 
         return conn or self._new_conn()
 
diff --git a/plugins/module_utils/_api/transport/sshconn.py b/plugins/module_utils/_api/transport/sshconn.py
index 0a4bcb1a..ba0a3909 100644
--- a/plugins/module_utils/_api/transport/sshconn.py
+++ b/plugins/module_utils/_api/transport/sshconn.py
@@ -168,7 +168,7 @@ class SSHConnectionPool(urllib3.connectionpool.HTTPConnectionPool):
                     self,
                     "Pool reached maximum size and no more connections are allowed.",
                 ) from exc
-            pass  # Oh well, we'll create a new connection then
+            # Oh well, we'll create a new connection then
 
         return conn or self._new_conn()