diff --git a/srcpkgs/pylint/INSTALL.msg b/srcpkgs/pylint/INSTALL.msg
deleted file mode 100644
index eaa54ff8c44..00000000000
--- a/srcpkgs/pylint/INSTALL.msg
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-To use pylint GUI install python-tkinter.
diff --git a/srcpkgs/pylint/python3-pylint.INSTALL.msg b/srcpkgs/pylint/python3-pylint.INSTALL.msg
deleted file mode 100644
index 908daa02973..00000000000
--- a/srcpkgs/pylint/python3-pylint.INSTALL.msg
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-To use pylint GUI install python3-tkinter.
diff --git a/srcpkgs/pylint/template b/srcpkgs/pylint/template
index aea4a5252b6..3762f120fb1 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/pylint/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/pylint/template
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Template file for 'pylint'
 pkgname=pylint
-version=1.6.5
+version=1.7.0
 revision=1
 noarch=yes
 wrksrc="pylint-${version}"
@@ -8,23 +8,22 @@ build_style=python-module
 pycompile_module="pylint"
 hostmakedepends="python-setuptools python3-setuptools"
 depends="python-setuptools python-astroid python-six python-isort python-mccabe
- python-backports.configparser python-backports.functools_lru_cache"
+ python-backports.configparser python-backports.functools_lru_cache
+ python-singledispatch python-editdistance"
 short_desc="Python2 code static checker"
 maintainer="Alessio Sergi <al3hex@gmail.com>"
 homepage="http://www.pylint.org/"
 license="GPL-2"
 distfiles="${PYPI_SITE}/p/pylint/pylint-${version}.tar.gz"
-checksum=a673984a8dd78e4a8b8cfdee5359a1309d833cf38405008f4a249994a8456719
+checksum=27dec85ce32fe5cb78eaad11c165cfb53479ad92930783f04016eebe41f28a3a
 
 alternatives="
  pylint:epylint:/usr/bin/epylint2
  pylint:pylint:/usr/bin/pylint2
- pylint:pylint-gui:/usr/bin/pylint-gui2
  pylint:pyreverse:/usr/bin/pyreverse2
  pylint:symilar:/usr/bin/symilar2
  pylint:epylint.1:/usr/share/man/man1/epylint2.1
  pylint:pylint.1:/usr/share/man/man1/pylint2.1
- pylint:pylint-gui.1:/usr/share/man/man1/pylint-gui2.1
  pylint:pyreverse.1:/usr/share/man/man1/pyreverse2.1
  pylint:symilar.1:/usr/share/man/man1/symilar2.1"
 
@@ -33,7 +32,7 @@ post_install() {
 	rm -rf ${DESTDIR}/usr/lib/python*/site-packages/pylint/test
 
 	# create versioned man pages
-	for f in epylint pylint pylint-gui pyreverse symilar; do
+	for f in epylint pylint pyreverse symilar; do
 		vman man/${f}.1 ${f}2.1
 		vman man/${f}.1 ${f}3.1
 	done
@@ -49,17 +48,16 @@ python3-pylint_package() {
 	alternatives="
 	 pylint:epylint:/usr/bin/epylint3
 	 pylint:pylint:/usr/bin/pylint3
-	 pylint:pylint-gui:/usr/bin/pylint-gui3
 	 pylint:pyreverse:/usr/bin/pyreverse3
 	 pylint:symilar:/usr/bin/symilar3
 	 pylint:epylint.1:/usr/share/man/man1/epylint3.1
 	 pylint:pylint.1:/usr/share/man/man1/pylint3.1
-	 pylint:pylint-gui.1:/usr/share/man/man1/pylint-gui3.1
 	 pylint:pyreverse.1:/usr/share/man/man1/pyreverse3.1
 	 pylint:symilar.1:/usr/share/man/man1/symilar3.1"
 	noarch=yes
 	short_desc="${short_desc/Python2/Python3}"
-	depends="python3-setuptools python3-astroid python3-six python3-isort python3-mccabe"
+	depends="python3-setuptools python3-astroid python3-six python3-isort
+	 python3-mccabe python3-editdistance"
 	pycompile_module="pylint"
 	replaces="python3.4-pylint>=0"
 	pkg_install() {