diff --git a/scripts/qapi/pylintrc b/scripts/qapi/pylintrc
index b3c4cf46db..b9e077a164 100644
--- a/scripts/qapi/pylintrc
+++ b/scripts/qapi/pylintrc
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ ignore-patterns=error.py,
                 expr.py,
                 parser.py,
                 schema.py,
-                visit.py,
 
 
 [MESSAGES CONTROL]
diff --git a/scripts/qapi/visit.py b/scripts/qapi/visit.py
index e00f2a09d7..8699e5c09c 100644
--- a/scripts/qapi/visit.py
+++ b/scripts/qapi/visit.py
@@ -250,7 +250,7 @@ out_obj:
     return ret
 
 
-def gen_visit_object(name, base, members, variants):
+def gen_visit_object(name):
     return mcgen('''
 
 bool visit_type_%(c_name)s(Visitor *v, const char *name,
@@ -343,7 +343,7 @@ class QAPISchemaGenVisitVisitor(QAPISchemaModularCVisitor):
             if not name.startswith('q_'):
                 # only explicit types need an allocating visit
                 self._genh.add(gen_visit_decl(name))
-                self._genc.add(gen_visit_object(name, base, members, variants))
+                self._genc.add(gen_visit_object(name))
 
     def visit_alternate_type(self, name, info, ifcond, features, variants):
         with ifcontext(ifcond, self._genh, self._genc):