diff --git a/.pylintrc b/.pylintrc
index b310ea0231..0e682dc790 100644
--- a/.pylintrc
+++ b/.pylintrc
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ disable=
  super-init-not-called,
  super-on-old-class,
  unpacking-non-sequence,
+ unspecified-encoding,
  unused-argument,
  unused-import,
  unused-variable,
diff --git a/vmware_nsx/common/config.py b/vmware_nsx/common/config.py
index b5779181db..9914dec5db 100644
--- a/vmware_nsx/common/config.py
+++ b/vmware_nsx/common/config.py
@@ -1041,7 +1041,7 @@ register_nsxp_azs(cfg.CONF, cfg.CONF.nsx_p.availability_zones)
 
 
 def _get_nsx_az_opts(az, opts):
-    az_info = dict()
+    az_info = {}
     group = 'az:%s' % az
     if group not in cfg.CONF:
         raise nsx_exc.NsxInvalidConfiguration(
diff --git a/vmware_nsx/db/extended_security_group.py b/vmware_nsx/db/extended_security_group.py
index 78861e952e..80c4bf51e5 100644
--- a/vmware_nsx/db/extended_security_group.py
+++ b/vmware_nsx/db/extended_security_group.py
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ class ExtendedSecurityGroupPropertiesMixin(object):
             'is_default': default_sg,
         }
 
-        self._registry_notify(resources.SECURITY_GROUP, events.BEFORE_CREATE,
+        self._registry_publish(resources.SECURITY_GROUP, events.BEFORE_CREATE,
                               exc_cls=ext_sg.SecurityGroupConflict,
                               payload=events.DBEventPayload(
                                   context, metadata={'is_default': default_sg},
diff --git a/vmware_nsx/db/migration/alembic_migrations/env.py b/vmware_nsx/db/migration/alembic_migrations/env.py
index ecd2bd0e7d..2cf790de47 100644
--- a/vmware_nsx/db/migration/alembic_migrations/env.py
+++ b/vmware_nsx/db/migration/alembic_migrations/env.py
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ def run_migrations_offline():
     """
     set_mysql_engine()
 
-    kwargs = dict()
+    kwargs = {}
     if neutron_config.database.connection:
         kwargs['url'] = neutron_config.database.connection
     else:
diff --git a/vmware_nsx/extensions/lsn.py b/vmware_nsx/extensions/lsn.py
index 1ec13b231e..82276b913c 100644
--- a/vmware_nsx/extensions/lsn.py
+++ b/vmware_nsx/extensions/lsn.py
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ class Lsn(api_extensions.ExtensionDescriptor):
         plugin = directory.get_plugin()
         resource_name = ALIAS
         collection_name = resource_name.replace('_', '-') + "s"
-        params = RESOURCE_ATTRIBUTE_MAP.get(COLLECTION_NAME, dict())
+        params = RESOURCE_ATTRIBUTE_MAP.get(COLLECTION_NAME, {})
         controller = base.create_resource(collection_name,
                                           resource_name,
                                           plugin, params, allow_bulk=False)
diff --git a/vmware_nsx/shell/admin/plugins/common/utils.py b/vmware_nsx/shell/admin/plugins/common/utils.py
index 5c91e65119..465dfa6954 100644
--- a/vmware_nsx/shell/admin/plugins/common/utils.py
+++ b/vmware_nsx/shell/admin/plugins/common/utils.py
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ def output_header(func):
 def parse_multi_keyval_opt(opt_list):
     """Converts a MutliStrOpt to a key-value dict"""
 
-    result = dict()
+    result = {}
     opt_list = opt_list if opt_list else []
     for opt_value in opt_list:
         try: