diff --git a/meta-python/recipes-devtools/python/python-pylint.inc b/meta-python/recipes-devtools/python/python-pylint.inc
index 18be8a1916..3ce1cae219 100644
--- a/meta-python/recipes-devtools/python/python-pylint.inc
+++ b/meta-python/recipes-devtools/python/python-pylint.inc
@@ -3,8 +3,8 @@ HOMEPAGE= "http://www.pylint.org/"
 LICENSE = "GPLv2"
 LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://COPYING;md5=4325afd396febcb659c36b49533135d4"
 
-SRC_URI[md5sum] = "31da2185bf59142479e4fa16d8a9e347"
-SRC_URI[sha256sum] = "a673984a8dd78e4a8b8cfdee5359a1309d833cf38405008f4a249994a8456719"
+SRC_URI[md5sum] = "27ee752cdcfacb05bf4940947e6b35c6"
+SRC_URI[sha256sum] = "ea6afb93a9ed810cf52ff3838eb3a15e2bf6a81b80de0eaede1ce442caa5ca69"
 
 inherit pypi
 
@@ -28,4 +28,5 @@ from pylint import run_pylint
 run_pylint()
 EOF
     chmod 755 ${D}${bindir}/pylint
+    sed -i -e 's:^#!/usr/bin/python:#!/usr/bin/env\ ${PYTHON_PN}:g' ${D}/${PYTHON_SITEPACKAGES_DIR}/pylint/test/data/ascript
 }
diff --git a/meta-python/recipes-devtools/python/python-pylint_1.6.5.bb b/meta-python/recipes-devtools/python/python-pylint_1.7.2.bb
similarity index 75%
rename from meta-python/recipes-devtools/python/python-pylint_1.6.5.bb
rename to meta-python/recipes-devtools/python/python-pylint_1.7.2.bb
index 47ab36a3ba..7b51d3fbd5 100644
--- a/meta-python/recipes-devtools/python/python-pylint_1.6.5.bb
+++ b/meta-python/recipes-devtools/python/python-pylint_1.7.2.bb
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-inherit setuptools
+inherit setuptools python-dir
 require python-pylint.inc
 
 RDEPENDS_${PN} += "${PYTHON_PN}-backports-functools-lru-cache"
diff --git a/meta-python/recipes-devtools/python/python3-pylint_1.6.5.bb b/meta-python/recipes-devtools/python/python3-pylint_1.6.5.bb
deleted file mode 100644
index fed65b3036..0000000000
--- a/meta-python/recipes-devtools/python/python3-pylint_1.6.5.bb
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-inherit setuptools3
-require python-pylint.inc
diff --git a/meta-python/recipes-devtools/python/python3-pylint_1.7.2.bb b/meta-python/recipes-devtools/python/python3-pylint_1.7.2.bb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..563e8316cf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/meta-python/recipes-devtools/python/python3-pylint_1.7.2.bb
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+inherit setuptools3 python3-dir
+require python-pylint.inc