diff --git a/.pylint_dict.txt b/.pylint_dict.txt
index 9392a8031..adce7d510 100644
--- a/.pylint_dict.txt
+++ b/.pylint_dict.txt
@@ -12,34 +12,9 @@
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
 
-# Our abbreviations/names
-bmp
-bmpc
-Spalloc
-ybug
+# We use a single exception files for all the main repsitories
+# It can be found at:
+# https://github.com/SpiNNakerManchester/SupportScripts/blob/master/actions/pylint/default_dict.txt
 
-# Our special words
-keepalive
 
 
-# Python packages
-websocket
-
-# Python types
-BufferedIOBase
-CPUInfo
-CPUInfos
-DiagnosticFilter
-DiagnosticFilterDestination
-DiagnosticFilterDefaultRoutingStatus
-DiagnosticFilterEmergencyRoutingStatus
-DiagnosticFilterPacketType
-DiagnosticFilterPayloadStatus
-DiagnosticFilterSource
-HeapElement
-PreparedRequest
-SCPResult
-SpallocMachine
-SpinnakerBootMessage
-SystemVariableDefinition
-WebSocket
diff --git a/pylint.bash b/pylint.bash
index 1e6403640..f5e17dd70 100644
--- a/pylint.bash
+++ b/pylint.bash
@@ -22,16 +22,11 @@
 # requires the spelling dicts
 # sudo apt-get -o Dpkg::Use-Pty=0 install --fix-missing enchant-2 hunspell hunspell-en-gb
 
-dict=/tmp/dict.txt
-
-cat "../SupportScripts/actions/pylint/default_dict.txt" >$dict
-cat ".pylint_dict.txt" >>$dict
-
-pylint --output-format=colorized --disable=R --persistent=no --jobs=1 --rcfile=../SupportScripts/actions/pylint/strict_rcfile --spelling-dict=en_GB --spelling-private-dict-file=$dict --disable=import-error  spinnman
+pylint --output-format=colorized --disable=R --persistent=no --jobs=1 --rcfile=../SupportScripts/actions/pylint/strict_rcfile --spelling-dict=en_GB --spelling-private-dict-file="../SupportScripts/actions/pylint/default_dict.txt" --disable=import-error  spinnman
 
 # one test
-# pylint --enable=wrong-import-order --output-format=colorized --disable=R --persistent=no --jobs=1 --rcfile=../SupportScripts/actions/pylint/strict_rcfile --spelling-dict=en_GB --spelling-private-dict-file=$dict --disable=all  spinnman
+# pylint --enable=wrong-import-order --output-format=colorized --disable=R --persistent=no --jobs=1 --rcfile=../SupportScripts/actions/pylint/strict_rcfile --spelling-dict=en_GB --spelling-private-dict-file="../SupportScripts/actions/pylint/default_dict.txt" --disable=all  spinnman
 
 # check docs
-# pylint --enable=missing-function-docstring,missing-class-docstring,invalid-characters-in-docstring,wrong-spelling-in-comment,wrong-spelling-in-docstring  --output-format=colorized --disable=R --persistent=no --jobs=1 --rcfile=../SupportScripts/actions/pylint/strict_rcfile --spelling-dict=en_GB --spelling-private-dict-file=$dict --disable=all  spinnman
+# pylint --enable=missing-function-docstring,missing-class-docstring,invalid-characters-in-docstring,wrong-spelling-in-comment,wrong-spelling-in-docstring  --output-format=colorized --disable=R --persistent=no --jobs=1 --rcfile=../SupportScripts/actions/pylint/strict_rcfile --spelling-dict=en_GB --spelling-private-dict-file="../SupportScripts/actions/pylint/default_dict.txt" --disable=all  spinnman