diff --git a/pylintrc b/pylintrc
index b0a29d839..d245611bc 100644
--- a/pylintrc
+++ b/pylintrc
@@ -7,9 +7,6 @@
 # pygtk.require().
 #init-hook=
 
-# Profiled execution.
-profile=no
-
 # Add files or directories to the blacklist. They should be base names, not
 # paths.
 ignore=CVS