diff --git a/docker/Dockerfile.lint b/docker/Dockerfile.lint
index d387cf19ed..fd1a3c5330 100644
--- a/docker/Dockerfile.lint
+++ b/docker/Dockerfile.lint
@@ -3,7 +3,5 @@ FROM esphome/esphome-lint-base:2.3.4
 COPY requirements.txt requirements_test.txt /
 RUN pip3 install --no-cache-dir -r /requirements.txt -r /requirements_test.txt
 
-RUN ln -s /usr/bin/pip3 /usr/bin/pip && ln -f -s /usr/bin/python3 /usr/bin/python
-
 VOLUME ["/esphome"]
 WORKDIR /esphome
diff --git a/script/ci-custom.py b/script/ci-custom.py
index d0b7b6bb70..3954eea0de 100755
--- a/script/ci-custom.py
+++ b/script/ci-custom.py
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ import os.path
 import re
 import subprocess
 import sys
-import re
 
 
 def find_all(a_str, sub):