diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/lektor/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/lektor/default.nix
index 4688b7394cc..0c0c5c108a4 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/lektor/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/lektor/default.nix
@@ -62,7 +62,6 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
   checkInputs = [
     pytest-click
     pytest-mock
-    pytest-pylint
     pytestCheckHook
   ];
 
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pamqp/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pamqp/default.nix
index 1785a859310..a367a180807 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pamqp/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pamqp/default.nix
@@ -1,28 +1,46 @@
 { lib
 , buildPythonPackage
-, fetchPypi
-, mock
-, nose
-, pep8
-, pylint
-, mccabe
+, pythonOlder
+, fetchFromGitHub
+, pytestCheckHook
 }:
 
 buildPythonPackage rec {
   version = "3.1.0";
   pname = "pamqp";
 
-  src = fetchPypi {
-    inherit pname version;
-    sha256 = "e4f0886d72c6166637a5513626148bf5a7e818073a558980e9aaed8b4ccf30da";
+  disabled = pythonOlder "3.7";
+
+  format = "setuptools";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "gmr";
+    repo = "pamqp";
+    rev = version;
+    hash = "sha256-qiYfQsyYvG6pyRFDt3pyYKNNWNP88maj+VAeGD68OmY=";
   };
 
-  buildInputs = [ mock nose pep8 pylint mccabe ];
+  checkInputs = [
+    pytestCheckHook
+  ];
+
+  pythonImportsCheck = [
+    "pamqp.base"
+    "pamqp.body"
+    "pamqp.commands"
+    "pamqp.common"
+    "pamqp.decode"
+    "pamqp.encode"
+    "pamqp.exceptions"
+    "pamqp.frame"
+    "pamqp.header"
+    "pamqp.heartbeat"
+  ];
 
   meta = with lib; {
     description = "RabbitMQ Focused AMQP low-level library";
-    homepage = "https://pypi.python.org/pypi/pamqp";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/gmr/pamqp";
     license = licenses.bsd3;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ dotlambda ];
   };
-
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pytile/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pytile/default.nix
index a94201b037d..b64418226d0 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pytile/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pytile/default.nix
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@
 , buildPythonPackage
 , fetchFromGitHub
 , poetry-core
-, pylint
 , pytest-aiohttp
 , pytest-asyncio
 , pytestCheckHook
@@ -31,7 +30,6 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
 
   propagatedBuildInputs = [
     aiohttp
-    pylint
   ];
 
   checkInputs = [
diff --git a/pkgs/servers/home-assistant/default.nix b/pkgs/servers/home-assistant/default.nix
index ff5c69b04fb..b23b9bc3252 100644
--- a/pkgs/servers/home-assistant/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/servers/home-assistant/default.nix
@@ -282,9 +282,6 @@ in python.pkgs.buildPythonApplication rec {
     respx
     stdlib-list
     tqdm
-    # required by tests/pylint
-    astroid
-    pylint
     # required by tests/auth/mfa_modules
     pyotp
   ] ++ lib.concatMap (component: getPackages component python.pkgs) [
@@ -308,6 +305,8 @@ in python.pkgs.buildPythonApplication rec {
   ];
 
   disabledTestPaths = [
+    # we don't care about code quality
+    "tests/pylint"
     # don't bulk test all components
     "tests/components"
     # pyotp since v2.4.0 complains about the short mock keys, hass pins v2.3.0