diff --git a/tests/sanity/ignore-2.12.txt b/tests/sanity/ignore-2.12.txt
index b08a6ffa83adedcaf6155f07f8cc19105c2b32c9..ee85fb0adeef464dbdafb50c39904cd088d318e6 100644
--- a/tests/sanity/ignore-2.12.txt
+++ b/tests/sanity/ignore-2.12.txt
@@ -43,7 +43,6 @@ tests/sanity/sanity.sh shebang!skip
 tests/user/users.sh shebang!skip
 tests/user/users_absent.sh shebang!skip
 tests/utils.py pylint:ansible-format-automatic-specification
-tests/utils.py pylint:subprocess-run-check
 utils/ansible-doc-test shebang!skip
 utils/ansible-ipa-client-install shebang!skip
 utils/ansible-ipa-replica-install shebang!skip
diff --git a/tests/utils.py b/tests/utils.py
index ae7cd48d208145d0f21fc5c45f989ea14fe076ec..db22f9735fdea6939e00d45ff71912c77d5f934a 100644
--- a/tests/utils.py
+++ b/tests/utils.py
@@ -174,6 +174,7 @@ def _run_playbook(playbook):
             inventory_file.name,
             playbook,
         ]
+        # pylint: disable=subprocess-run-check
         process = subprocess.run(
             cmd, cwd=SCRIPT_DIR, stdout=subprocess.PIPE, stderr=subprocess.PIPE
         )
@@ -300,11 +301,13 @@ class AnsibleFreeIPATestCase(TestCase):
             host_connection_info, ssh_identity_file=ssh_identity_file,
         )
 
-    def run_playbook(self, playbook, allow_failures=False):
+    @staticmethod
+    def run_playbook(playbook, allow_failures=False):
         return run_playbook(playbook, allow_failures)
 
-    def run_playbook_with_exp_msg(self, playbook, expected_msg):
-        result = self.run_playbook(playbook, allow_failures=True)
+    @staticmethod
+    def run_playbook_with_exp_msg(playbook, expected_msg):
+        result = run_playbook(playbook, allow_failures=True)
         assert (
             expected_msg in result.stdout.decode("utf8")
             or