diff --git a/pylintrc b/pylintrc
index 6ed25b7ee4..c184248428 100644
--- a/pylintrc
+++ b/pylintrc
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ load-plugins=
 # R0913: Too many arguments (N/5)
 # R0914: Too many local variables (N/15)
 # R0915: Too many statements (N/50)
+# R0922: Abstract class is only referenced 1 times
 # W0122: Use of the exec statement
 # W0141: Used builtin function ''
 # W0142: Used * or ** magic
@@ -59,7 +60,7 @@ load-plugins=
 # W0613: Unused argument ''
 # W0703: Catch "Exception"
 # W6501: Specify string format arguments as logging function parameters
-disable=C0103,C0111,C0302,I0011,R0401,R0801,R0901,R0902,R0903,R0904,R0911,R0912,R0913,R0914,R0915,W0122,W0141,W0142,W0402,W0511,W0603,W0613,W0703,W6501
+disable=C0103,C0111,C0302,I0011,R0401,R0801,R0901,R0902,R0903,R0904,R0911,R0912,R0913,R0914,R0915,R0922,W0122,W0141,W0142,W0402,W0511,W0603,W0613,W0703,W6501
 
 
 [REPORTS]
diff --git a/tests/fake_repos.py b/tests/fake_repos.py
index dd8b3f8264..d7dd7ae916 100755
--- a/tests/fake_repos.py
+++ b/tests/fake_repos.py
@@ -359,6 +359,12 @@ class FakeReposBase(object):
       new_tree = tree.copy()
     self.git_hashes[repo].append((commit_hash, new_tree))
 
+  def populateSvn(self):
+    raise NotImplementedError()
+
+  def populateGit(self):
+    raise NotImplementedError()
+
 
 class FakeRepos(FakeReposBase):
   """Implements populateSvn() and populateGit()."""