diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index da39868d1fb32aa1beddfe089630d6854963fbe4..28d502c417828847fb035afec9c07d8ed50e2759 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -40,7 +40,6 @@ linting:
   stage: test
   script:
     - make pylint
-  allow_failure: true
 
 # run qunit tests
 test: