diff --git a/srcpkgs/pylint/template b/srcpkgs/pylint/template
index a30987196a0..2c4042ff71f 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/pylint/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/pylint/template
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Template file for 'pylint'
 pkgname=pylint
-version=2.15.10
+version=2.16.2
 revision=1
 build_style=python3-pep517
 make_build_args="--skip-dependency-check --no-isolation --wheel"
@@ -15,15 +15,13 @@ maintainer="Michal Vasilek <michal@vasilek.cz>"
 license="GPL-2.0-or-later"
 homepage="https://pylint.pycqa.org"
 distfiles="https://github.com/PyCQA/pylint/archive/refs/tags/v$version.tar.gz"
-checksum=ba0be22b01f1e2b2abab33c72496e3194942307d2d89567d0363db858ab3c858
+checksum=55e7cb236f706807bfecd2e3d710e98fb5657adffb5c8ef7fd7eb843c41c5841
 make_check=no # FIXME
 
 post_install() {
 	# install example config and emacs files
 	vsconf examples/pylintrc
 	vsconf examples/pylintrc_camelcase
-	vsconf elisp/pylint.el
-	vsconf elisp/pylint-flymake.el
 }
 
 python3-pylint_package() {