diff --git a/pylintrc b/pylintrc
index 3fffb301a2b124c4b636537cb3cc765d578ebe3f..39c92367313cb1076d05179debc243dd69602d34 100644
--- a/pylintrc
+++ b/pylintrc
@@ -93,6 +93,7 @@ ignore-docstrings = yes
 # Enable all checker(s) except those with the given id(s). This option
 # conflicts with the enable-checker option
 #disable-checker=
+disable-checker=similarities
 
 # Enable all messages in the listed categories (IRCWEF).
 #enable-msg-cat=