diff --git a/pylintrc b/pylintrc
index 80a7605..33adec2 100644
--- a/pylintrc
+++ b/pylintrc
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
 
 # Add files or directories to the blacklist. They should be base names, not
 # paths.
-ignore=CVS,.svn,.git
+ignore=CVS,.svn,.git,update_metadata_pb2.py
 
 # Pickle collected data for later comparisons.
 persistent=yes