diff --git a/scripts/qapi/pylintrc b/scripts/qapi/pylintrc
index 76d54c30f8..507f15537a 100644
--- a/scripts/qapi/pylintrc
+++ b/scripts/qapi/pylintrc
@@ -2,8 +2,7 @@
 
 # Add files or directories matching the regex patterns to the ignore list.
 # The regex matches against base names, not paths.
-ignore-patterns=common.py,
-                error.py,
+ignore-patterns=error.py,
                 expr.py,
                 gen.py,
                 parser.py,