diff --git a/.pylintrc b/.pylintrc
index c79b83ce7..560968ef0 100644
--- a/.pylintrc
+++ b/.pylintrc
@@ -8,8 +8,13 @@ score=no
 disable=all
 enable=
     assert-on-tuple,
+    compare-to-zero,
     dangerous-default-value,
     deprecated-lambda,
-    compare-to-zero,
     len-as-condition,
+    missing-kwoa,
+    no-value-for-parameter,
+    redundant-keyword-arg,
+    too-many-function-args,
+    unexpected-keyword-arg,
     unreachable
diff --git a/mesonbuild/dependencies/scalapack.py b/mesonbuild/dependencies/scalapack.py
index 8774746fc..0147e0b62 100644
--- a/mesonbuild/dependencies/scalapack.py
+++ b/mesonbuild/dependencies/scalapack.py
@@ -109,10 +109,10 @@ class MKLPkgConfigDependency(PkgConfigDependency):
         if self.clib_compiler.id == 'gcc':
             for i, a in enumerate(self.link_args):
                 # only replace in filename, not in directory names
-                parts = list(os.path.split(a))
-                if 'mkl_intel_lp64' in parts[-1]:
-                    parts[-1] = parts[-1].replace('intel', 'gf')
-                    self.link_args[i] = '/' + os.path.join(*parts)
+                dirname, basename = os.path.split(a)
+                if 'mkl_intel_lp64' in basename:
+                    basename = basename.replace('intel', 'gf')
+                    self.link_args[i] = '/' + os.path.join(dirname, basename)
         # MKL pkg-config omits scalapack
         # be sure "-L" and "-Wl" are first if present
         i = 0
diff --git a/mesonbuild/minstall.py b/mesonbuild/minstall.py
index 7a562757f..0eaa54f96 100644
--- a/mesonbuild/minstall.py
+++ b/mesonbuild/minstall.py
@@ -483,7 +483,7 @@ class Installer:
                 set_mode(outname, install_mode, d.install_umask)
                 if should_strip and d.strip_bin is not None:
                     if fname.endswith('.jar'):
-                        self.log('Not stripping jar target:', os.path.basename(fname))
+                        self.log('Not stripping jar target: {}'.format(os.path.basename(fname)))
                         continue
                     self.log('Stripping target {!r} using {}.'.format(fname, d.strip_bin[0]))
                     ps, stdo, stde = Popen_safe(d.strip_bin + [outname])