diff --git a/src/ocrmypdf/__main__.py b/src/ocrmypdf/__main__.py
index 6946e1bc..2fff767a 100755
--- a/src/ocrmypdf/__main__.py
+++ b/src/ocrmypdf/__main__.py
@@ -588,6 +588,7 @@ def do_ruffus_exception(ruffus_five_tuple, options, log):
     exit_code = None
 
     task_name, job_name, exc_name, exc_value, exc_stack = ruffus_five_tuple
+    task_name = task_name  # unused
     job_name = job_name  # unused
     if exc_name == 'builtins.SystemExit':
         match = re.search(r"\.(.+?)\)", exc_value)
diff --git a/src/ocrmypdf/optimize.py b/src/ocrmypdf/optimize.py
index 6747ecd4..92273a9c 100644
--- a/src/ocrmypdf/optimize.py
+++ b/src/ocrmypdf/optimize.py
@@ -169,7 +169,7 @@ def extract_images(pike, root, log, options):
             len(jbig2_groups), len(jpegs), len(pngs), errors
     ))
 
-    return changed_xrefs, jbig2_groups, jpegs, pngs
+    return jbig2_groups, jpegs, pngs
 
 
 def convert_to_jbig2(pike, jbig2_groups, root, log, options):
@@ -208,7 +208,7 @@ def convert_to_jbig2(pike, jbig2_groups, root, log, options):
         jbig2_globals = pikepdf.Stream(pike, jbig2_globals_data)
 
         for n, xref_ext in enumerate(xref_exts):
-            xref, ext = xref_ext
+            xref, _ = xref_ext
             jbig2_im_file = root / (prefix + '.{:04d}'.format(n))
             jbig2_im_data = jbig2_im_file.read_bytes()
             im_obj = pike._get_object_id(xref, 0)
@@ -233,6 +233,7 @@ def transcode_jpegs(pike, jpegs, root, log, options):
             im.save(fspath(opt_jpg),
                     optimize=True,
                     quality=JPEG_QUALITY)
+        # pylint: disable=E1101
         if opt_jpg.stat().st_size > in_jpg.stat().st_size:
             log.debug("xref {}, jpeg, made larger - skip".format(xref))
             continue
@@ -322,8 +323,8 @@ def optimize(
     pike = pikepdf.Pdf.open(input_file)
 
     root = Path(output_file).parent / 'images'
-    root.mkdir(exist_ok=True)
-    changed_xrefs, jbig2_groups, jpegs, pngs = extract_images(
+    root.mkdir(exist_ok=True)  # pylint: disable=E1101
+    jbig2_groups, jpegs, pngs = extract_images(
         pike, root, log, options)
 
     convert_to_jbig2(pike, jbig2_groups, root, log, options)
diff --git a/src/ocrmypdf/pdfinfo.py b/src/ocrmypdf/pdfinfo.py
index 18f18670..a78d3c1c 100644
--- a/src/ocrmypdf/pdfinfo.py
+++ b/src/ocrmypdf/pdfinfo.py
@@ -295,7 +295,7 @@ class ImageInfo:
         self._bpc = int(pim.bits_per_component)
         try:
             self._enc = FRIENDLY_ENCODING.get(pim.filters[0], 'image')
-        except IndexError as e:
+        except IndexError:
             self._enc = '?'
 
         try:
diff --git a/src/ocrmypdf/pipeline.py b/src/ocrmypdf/pipeline.py
index 0e8e9036..8ce930aa 100644
--- a/src/ocrmypdf/pipeline.py
+++ b/src/ocrmypdf/pipeline.py
@@ -309,7 +309,7 @@ def marker_pages(
     # file a symlink back to the source.
     for n in range(npages):
         page = Path(work_folder) / '{0:06d}.marker.pdf'.format(n + 1)
-        page.symlink_to(input_file)
+        page.symlink_to(input_file)  # pylint: disable=E1101
 
 
 def split_page(
diff --git a/tests/conftest.py b/tests/conftest.py
index 14a0742e..b05fd2d9 100644
--- a/tests/conftest.py
+++ b/tests/conftest.py
@@ -26,6 +26,9 @@ from pathlib import Path
 from subprocess import Popen, PIPE
 
 
+# pylint: disable=E1101
+# pytest.helpers is dynamic so it confuses pylint
+
 if sys.version_info.major < 3:
     print("Requires Python 3.4+")
     sys.exit(1)
@@ -81,7 +84,7 @@ def spoof(tmpdir_factory, **kwargs):
 
     env['_OCRMYPDF_SAVE_PATH'] = env['PATH']
     env['PATH'] = str(tmpdir) + ":" + env['PATH']
-    
+
     return env
 
 
diff --git a/tests/test_hocrtransform.py b/tests/test_hocrtransform.py
index d90bc4e4..3d02cf87 100644
--- a/tests/test_hocrtransform.py
+++ b/tests/test_hocrtransform.py
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ import sys
 @pytest.fixture
 def blank_hocr(tmpdir):
     filename = Path(str(tmpdir)) / "blank.hocr"
-    filename.write_text(HOCR_TEMPLATE)
+    filename.write_text(HOCR_TEMPLATE)  # pylint: disable=E1101
     return filename