diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index e94e6e1a..baa7ed82 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -219,7 +219,7 @@ lint_format_safety_bandit_checks:
         --ini .bandit
         || set_error
     - safety check --full-report || set_error
-    - pylint --rcfile=.pylint-rcfile --output-format=colorized --reports=n
+    - pylint --output-format=colorized --reports=n
             fdroid
             makebuildserver
             setup.py
@@ -234,26 +234,11 @@ lint_format_safety_bandit_checks:
     - exit $EXITVALUE
 
 
-lint_mypy:
-  image: debian:bullseye-backports
-  <<: *apt-template
-  script:
-    # use Debian packages to avoid building C/rust sources
-    - apt-get install
-          mypy
-          python3-cryptography
-          python3-pip
-          python3-wheel
-    - apt-get install -t bullseye-backports python3-pyjks
-    - pip install -e .[test]
-    - mypy
-
-
 black:
   image: python:slim
   script:
     - pip install black
-    - black --check --diff --color --skip-string-normalization
+    - black --check --diff --color
         examples/fdroid_extract_repo_pubkey.py
         examples/makebuildserver.config.py
         fdroid
diff --git a/.pylint-rcfile b/.pylint-rcfile
deleted file mode 100644
index d32d90c4..00000000
--- a/.pylint-rcfile
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,47 +0,0 @@
-[MASTER]
-
-# Use multiple processes to speed up Pylint.
-jobs=4
-
-# Allow loading of arbitrary C extensions. Extensions are imported into the
-# active Python interpreter and may run arbitrary code.
-unsafe-load-any-extension=no
-
-
-[MESSAGES CONTROL]
-
-# Only show warnings with the listed confidence levels. Leave empty to show
-# all. Valid levels: HIGH, INFERENCE, INFERENCE_FAILURE, UNDEFINED
-confidence=HIGH,INFERENCE
-
-# Disable the message, report, category or checker with the given id(s). You
-# can either give multiple identifiers separated by comma (,) or put this
-# option multiple times (only on the command line, not in the configuration
-# file where it should appear only once).You can also use "--disable=all" to
-# disable everything first and then reenable specific checks. For example, if
-# you want to run only the similarities checker, you can use "--disable=all
-# --enable=similarities". If you want to run only the classes checker, but have
-# no Warning level messages displayed, use"--disable=all --enable=classes
-# --disable=W"
-disable=invalid-name,missing-docstring,no-member
-
-
-[MISCELLANEOUS]
-
-# List of note tags to take in consideration, separated by a comma.
-notes=FIXME,XXX,TODO
-
-
-[BASIC]
-
-# Good variable names which should always be accepted, separated by a comma
-good-names=i,j,k,ex,Run,f,fp
-
-
-[ELIF]
-
-# Maximum number of nested blocks for function / method body
-max-nested-blocks=5
-
-[FORMAT]
-max-line-length=88
diff --git a/mypy.ini b/mypy.ini
deleted file mode 100644
index 30ab6eaa..00000000
--- a/mypy.ini
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,17 +0,0 @@
-[mypy]
-files = fdroidserver
-# exclude vendored file
-exclude = fdroidserver/apksigcopier.py
-
-# this is de-facto the linter setting for this file
-warn_unused_configs = True
-
-# TODO: we should either upgrade the used packages to a version which includes type hints OR install/write stub packages for these libraries.
-# Further details here: https://mypy.readthedocs.io/en/stable/running_mypy.html#missing-type-hints-for-third-party-library
-ignore_missing_imports = True
-
-# ignore the [no-redef] errors, as they collide with the bandit "# nosec" exclusion (common.py)
-# unfortunately both tools expect their ignore flag as a comment in the same line
-# [misc] is ignored for the "incompatible import"
-# [arg-type] is ignored because when there are missing envs, everything will crash, not just the types
-disable_error_code = no-redef, misc, arg-type
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 0097e9f6..ba6a2e12 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,2 +1,64 @@
 [tool.black]
 skip-string-normalization = true
+target-version = ["py35"]
+
+
+[tool.mypy]
+python_version = "3.5"
+
+files = "fdroidserver"
+
+# exclude vendored file
+exclude = "fdroidserver/apksigcopier.py"
+
+# this is de-facto the linter setting for this file
+warn_unused_configs = true
+
+# TODO: we should either upgrade the used packages to a version which includes type hints OR install/write stub packages for these libraries.
+# Further details here: https://mypy.readthedocs.io/en/stable/running_mypy.html#missing-type-hints-for-third-party-library
+ignore_missing_imports = true
+
+# ignore the [no-redef] errors, as they collide with the bandit "# nosec" exclusion (common.py)
+# unfortunately both tools expect their ignore flag as a comment in the same line
+# [misc] is ignored for the "incompatible import"
+# [arg-type] is ignored because when there are missing envs, everything will crash, not just the types
+disable_error_code = "no-redef, misc, arg-type"
+
+
+[tool.pylint.main]
+# Use multiple processes to speed up Pylint. Specifying 0 will auto-detect the
+# number of processors available to use, and will cap the count on Windows to
+# avoid hangs.
+jobs = 4
+
+[tool.pylint.basic]
+# Good variable names which should always be accepted, separated by a comma.
+good-names = ["i", "j", "k", "ex", "Run", "f", "fp"]
+
+[tool.pylint."messages control"]
+# Only show warnings with the listed confidence levels. Leave empty to show all.
+# Valid levels: HIGH, CONTROL_FLOW, INFERENCE, INFERENCE_FAILURE, UNDEFINED.
+confidence = ["HIGH", "INFERENCE"]
+
+# Disable the message, report, category or checker with the given id(s). You can
+# either give multiple identifiers separated by comma (,) or put this option
+# multiple times (only on the command line, not in the configuration file where
+# it should appear only once). You can also use "--disable=all" to disable
+# everything first and then re-enable specific checks. For example, if you want
+# to run only the similarities checker, you can use "--disable=all
+# --enable=similarities". If you want to run only the classes checker, but have
+# no Warning level messages displayed, use "--disable=all --enable=classes
+# --disable=W".
+disable = ["invalid-name", "missing-module-docstring", "missing-class-docstring", "missing-function-docstring", "no-member"]
+
+[tool.pylint.miscellaneous]
+# List of note tags to take in consideration, separated by a comma.
+notes = ["FIXME", "XXX", "TODO"]
+
+[tool.pylint.refactoring]
+# Maximum number of nested blocks for function / method body
+max-nested-blocks = 5
+
+[tool.pylint.format]
+# Maximum number of characters on a single line.
+max-line-length = 88