diff --git a/scripts/footprint/compare_footprint b/scripts/footprint/compare_footprint
index 03719054a77..3e03ac4c46e 100755
--- a/scripts/footprint/compare_footprint
+++ b/scripts/footprint/compare_footprint
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ def run_sanity_footprint(commit=None, cwd=os.environ.get('ZEPHYR_BASE'),
 
     proc = subprocess.Popen(cmd, stdout=subprocess.PIPE,
                             cwd=cwd, shell=True)
-    output,error=proc.communicate()
+    output,_ = proc.communicate()
     if proc.wait() == 0:
         logger.debug(output)
         return True
diff --git a/scripts/pylib/twister/scl.py b/scripts/pylib/twister/scl.py
index 2ba6c0e9c29..78ca9d68a35 100644
--- a/scripts/pylib/twister/scl.py
+++ b/scripts/pylib/twister/scl.py
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
 # Zephyr's Sanity Check library
 #
+# pylint: disable=unused-import
+#
 # Set of code that other projects can also import to do things on
 # Zephyr's sanity check testcases.