diff --git a/systemvm/test/runtests.sh b/systemvm/test/runtests.sh
index 01c55e14c12..3b1895f5d2b 100644
--- a/systemvm/test/runtests.sh
+++ b/systemvm/test/runtests.sh
@@ -33,8 +33,9 @@ fi
 echo "Running pylint to check systemvm/python code for errors"
 python --version
 pyenv versions
-pylint3 --disable=R,C,W *.py
-pylint3 --disable=R,C,W `find ../debian -name \*.py`
+pylint --version
+pylint --disable=R,C,W *.py
+pylint --disable=R,C,W `find ../debian -name \*.py`
 if [ $? -gt 0 ]
 then
     echo "pylint failed, please check your code"