diff --git a/apps/librelingo_yaml_loader/librelingo_yaml_loader/_spelling.py b/apps/librelingo_yaml_loader/librelingo_yaml_loader/_spelling.py
index 95320aa82202..d5a0c27501aa 100644
--- a/apps/librelingo_yaml_loader/librelingo_yaml_loader/_spelling.py
+++ b/apps/librelingo_yaml_loader/librelingo_yaml_loader/_spelling.py
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ def _convert_hunspell_settings_for_language(raw_language_name):
     # Only import hunspell if actually needed. Still allow mocking it.
     global hunspell
     if not hunspell:
-        import hunspell  # type: ignore
+        import hunspell  # type: ignore # pylint: disable=import-error
 
     return hunspell.HunSpell(
         f"/usr/share/hunspell/{language_code}.dic",
diff --git a/pylintrc b/pylintrc
index a6f6366c43ec..c7fdc697e489 100644
--- a/pylintrc
+++ b/pylintrc
@@ -93,7 +93,6 @@ disable=raw-checker-failed,
         missing-class-docstring,  # TODO: enable
         too-many-public-methods,  # TODO: enable
         unspecified-encoding,  # TODO: enable
-        import-error,  # TODO: enable
         missing-module-docstring,  # TODO: enable
         too-many-lines,  # TODO: enable
         line-too-long,  # TODO: enable