diff --git a/srcpkgs/pylint/patches/fix-tests.patch b/srcpkgs/pylint/patches/fix-tests.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 9eda4571cc3..00000000000
--- a/srcpkgs/pylint/patches/fix-tests.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,13 +0,0 @@
-https://github.com/PyCQA/pylint/pull/4781
-
---- a/tests/lint/unittest_lint.py
-+++ b/tests/lint/unittest_lint.py
-@@ -643,7 +643,7 @@ def test_pylint_home():
-             assert config.PYLINT_HOME == pylintd
-         finally:
-             try:
--                os.remove(pylintd)
-+                rmtree(pylintd)
-             except FileNotFoundError:
-                 pass
-     finally:
diff --git a/srcpkgs/pylint/template b/srcpkgs/pylint/template
index 7b1b6e4fed2..91c8f694513 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/pylint/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/pylint/template
@@ -1,11 +1,12 @@
 # Template file for 'pylint'
 pkgname=pylint
-version=2.9.6
+version=2.10.2
 revision=1
 build_style=python3-module
 make_check_args="--deselect=tests/benchmark/test_baseline_benchmarks.py"
 hostmakedepends="python3-setuptools"
-depends="python3-astroid python3-isort python3-mccabe python3-toml"
+depends="python3-astroid python3-isort python3-mccabe python3-toml
+ python3-platformdirs"
 checkdepends="$depends python3-pytest python3-tkinter python3-six"
 short_desc="Python code static checker"
 maintainer="Michal Vasilek <michal@vasilek.cz>"
@@ -13,7 +14,7 @@ license="GPL-2.0-or-later"
 homepage="https://www.pylint.org/"
 changelog="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/PyCQA/pylint/master/ChangeLog"
 distfiles="https://github.com/PyCQA/pylint/archive/refs/tags/v$version.tar.gz"
-checksum=e6335c810ee3ff4b59e3990db49cf0d1e263e122b766853755436d88133c9496
+checksum=639254a0ef06dacfcfb27ce01bc3b1ddf27dbe702ba0685ae0286e0d02ff9194
 
 post_install() {
 	# install example config and emacs files
@@ -24,7 +25,7 @@ post_install() {
 }
 
 python3-pylint_package() {
-	depends="pylint>=${version}_${revision}"
+	depends="${sourcepkg}>=${version}_${revision}"
 	build_style=meta
 	short_desc+=" (transitional dummy package)"
 }