diff --git a/tests/pylint.cfg b/tests/pylint.cfg
index 8cd6c7ec..e8e9e717 100644
--- a/tests/pylint.cfg
+++ b/tests/pylint.cfg
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ load-plugins=
 # multiple time (only on the command line, not in the configuration file where
 # it should appear only once).
 
-disable=Design,Similarities,invalid-name,missing-docstring,line-too-long,too-many-lines,superfluous-parens,bad-whitespace,locally-disabled,no-self-use,unnecessary-lambda,star-args,fixme,global-statement,bare-except,anomalous-backslash-in-string,broad-except
+disable=Design,Similarities,invalid-name,missing-docstring,line-too-long,too-many-lines,superfluous-parens,bad-whitespace,locally-disabled,no-self-use,unnecessary-lambda,star-args,fixme,global-statement,bare-except,anomalous-backslash-in-string,broad-except,cyclic-import
 
 
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