diff --git a/ci/libcalamares/__init__.py b/ci/libcalamares/__init__.py
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+++ b/ci/libcalamares/__init__.py
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+#   SPDX-FileCopyrightText: no
+#   SPDX-License-Identifier: CC0-1.0
+#
+# Stubs for part of the Python API from libcalamares
+# (although the **actual** API is presented through
+# Boost::Python, not as a bare C-extension) so that
+# pylint doesn't complain about libcalamares internals.
+
+pass
diff --git a/ci/libcalamares/globalstorage.py b/ci/libcalamares/globalstorage.py
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+++ b/ci/libcalamares/globalstorage.py
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+#   SPDX-FileCopyrightText: no
+#   SPDX-License-Identifier: CC0-1.0
+#
+# Stubs for part of the Python API from libcalamares
+# (although the **actual** API is presented through
+# Boost::Python, not as a bare C-extension) so that
+# pylint doesn't complain about libcalamares internals.
+
+def value(_): return 1
diff --git a/ci/libcalamares/utils.py b/ci/libcalamares/utils.py
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+++ b/ci/libcalamares/utils.py
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+#   SPDX-FileCopyrightText: no
+#   SPDX-License-Identifier: CC0-1.0
+#
+# Stubs for part of the Python API from libcalamares
+# (although the **actual** API is presented through
+# Boost::Python, not as a bare C-extension) so that
+# pylint doesn't complain about libcalamares internals.
+
+def debug(_): pass
+
+def warning(_): pass
+
+def gettext_path(): pass
+
+def gettext_languages(): pass