diff --git a/src/ghga_connector/cli.py b/src/ghga_connector/cli.py
index 1d315e2e..d815573c 100644
--- a/src/ghga_connector/cli.py
+++ b/src/ghga_connector/cli.py
@@ -55,9 +55,9 @@ def failure(self, message: str):
 
 
 def exception_hook(
-    type_: BaseException,  # pylint: disable=unused-argument
+    type_: BaseException,
     value: BaseException,
-    traceback: Union[TracebackType, None],  # pylint: disable=unused-argument
+    traceback: Union[TracebackType, None],
     message_display: CLIMessageDisplay,
 ):
     """When debug mode is NOT enabled, gets called to perform final error handling
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ def configure_upload(debug: bool = False):
 
 
 @cli.command(no_args_is_help=True)
-def download(  # pylint: disable=too-many-arguments,too-many-locals
+def download(
     *,
     output_dir: Path = typer.Option(
         ..., help="The directory to put the downloaded files into."
diff --git a/src/ghga_connector/core/api_calls/work_package.py b/src/ghga_connector/core/api_calls/work_package.py
index 66b31f11..efe8bacc 100644
--- a/src/ghga_connector/core/api_calls/work_package.py
+++ b/src/ghga_connector/core/api_calls/work_package.py
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ def _check_public_key(self, token: str):
             )["user_public_crypt4gh_key"] != base64.b64encode(
                 self.my_public_key
             ).decode("ascii")
-        except Exception:  # pylint: disable=broad-exception-caught
+        except Exception:
             mismatch = False
         if mismatch:
             raise exceptions.PubKeyMismatchError()
diff --git a/src/ghga_connector/core/batch_processing.py b/src/ghga_connector/core/batch_processing.py
index 370ffed5..d7620a6d 100644
--- a/src/ghga_connector/core/batch_processing.py
+++ b/src/ghga_connector/core/batch_processing.py
@@ -213,7 +213,7 @@ def _check_wait_time(self, *, max_wait_time: int):
 
 
 @dataclass
-class FileStager:  # pylint: disable=too-many-instance-attributes
+class FileStager:
     """Utility class to deal with file staging in batch processing."""
 
     message_display: AbstractMessageDisplay
diff --git a/src/ghga_connector/core/main.py b/src/ghga_connector/core/main.py
index 08aef285..7ab3c04c 100644
--- a/src/ghga_connector/core/main.py
+++ b/src/ghga_connector/core/main.py
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@
 from ghga_connector.core.upload import run_upload
 
 
-async def upload(  # noqa C901, pylint: disable=too-many-statements,too-many-branches
+async def upload(  # noqa C901
     *,
     api_url: str,
     file_id: str,