diff --git a/.pylintrc b/.pylintrc
index cad9c2f1b..f756e971d 100644
--- a/.pylintrc
+++ b/.pylintrc
@@ -33,7 +33,6 @@ enable=anomalous-backslash-in-string,
     development-status-allowed,
     duplicate-id-csv,
     duplicate-key,
-    duplicate-xml-fields,
     duplicate-xml-record-id,
     eval-referenced,
     eval-used,
diff --git a/.pylintrc-mandatory b/.pylintrc-mandatory
index fa4b81c41..25ddd78a9 100644
--- a/.pylintrc-mandatory
+++ b/.pylintrc-mandatory
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@ enable=anomalous-backslash-in-string,
     development-status-allowed,
     duplicate-id-csv,
     duplicate-key,
-    duplicate-xml-fields,
     duplicate-xml-record-id,
     eval-referenced,
     eval-used,