Index: /trunk/cheesecake/cheesecake_index.py
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--- /trunk/cheesecake/cheesecake_index.py (revision 6)
+++ /trunk/cheesecake/cheesecake_index.py (revision 7)
@@ -721,11 +721,6 @@
         """
         index_type = "pylint"
-        try:
-            import pylint
-        except ImportError, e:
-            self.index[index_type].details = "pylint not available"
-            return self.index[index_type]
-	# Now try to actually run the pylint script
-        p = Popen(["pylint"], stdout=PIPE, stderr=STDOUT)
+	    # Try to run the pylint script
+        p = Popen(["pylint", "--version"], stdout=PIPE, stderr=STDOUT)
         output = p.communicate()[0]
         rc = p.returncode