diff --git a/.travis/lint_04_install.sh b/.travis/lint_04_install.sh
index 62174620f28..20bff368a58 100755
--- a/.travis/lint_04_install.sh
+++ b/.travis/lint_04_install.sh
@@ -6,9 +6,9 @@
 
 export LC_ALL=C
 
-travis_retry pip install codespell==1.15.0
-travis_retry pip install flake8==3.5.0
-travis_retry pip install vulture==0.29
+travis_retry pip3 install codespell==1.15.0
+travis_retry pip3 install flake8==3.5.0
+travis_retry pip3 install vulture==0.29
 
 SHELLCHECK_VERSION=v0.6.0
 curl -s "https://storage.googleapis.com/shellcheck/shellcheck-${SHELLCHECK_VERSION}.linux.x86_64.tar.xz" | tar --xz -xf - --directory /tmp/
diff --git a/test/lint/lint-python-dead-code-whitelist b/test/lint/lint-python-dead-code-whitelist
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..2522c8fa1ce
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/lint/lint-python-dead-code-whitelist
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+BadInputOutpointIndex  # unused class (test/functional/data/invalid_txs.py)
+_.carbon_path  # unused attribute (contrib/macdeploy/custom_dsstore.py)
+connection_lost  # unused function (test/functional/test_framework/mininode.py)
+connection_made  # unused function (test/functional/test_framework/mininode.py)
+_.converter  # unused attribute (test/functional/test_framework/test_framework.py)
+_.daemon  # unused attribute (test/functional/test_framework/socks5.py)
+data_received  # unused function (test/functional/test_framework/mininode.py)
+DuplicateInput  # unused class (test/functional/data/invalid_txs.py)
+_.filename  # unused attribute (contrib/macdeploy/custom_dsstore.py)
+InvalidOPIFConstruction  # unused class (test/functional/data/invalid_txs.py)
+_.is_compressed  # unused property (test/functional/test_framework/key.py)
+legacy  # unused variable (test/functional/test_framework/address.py)
+msg_generic  # unused class (test/functional/test_framework/messages.py)
+NonexistentInput  # unused class (test/functional/data/invalid_txs.py)
+on_addr  # unused function (test/functional/test_framework/mininode.py)
+on_blocktxn  # unused function (test/functional/test_framework/mininode.py)
+on_block  # unused function (test/functional/test_framework/mininode.py)
+on_cmpctblock  # unused function (test/functional/test_framework/mininode.py)
+on_feefilter  # unused function (test/functional/test_framework/mininode.py)
+on_getaddr  # unused function (test/functional/test_framework/mininode.py)
+on_getblocks  # unused function (test/functional/test_framework/mininode.py)
+on_getblocktxn  # unused function (test/functional/test_framework/mininode.py)
+on_getdata  # unused function (test/functional/test_framework/mininode.py)
+on_getheaders  # unused function (test/functional/test_framework/mininode.py)
+on_headers  # unused function (test/functional/test_framework/mininode.py)
+on_inv  # unused function (test/functional/test_framework/mininode.py)
+on_mempool  # unused function (test/functional/test_framework/mininode.py)
+on_notfound  # unused function (test/functional/test_framework/mininode.py)
+on_ping  # unused function (test/functional/test_framework/mininode.py)
+on_pong  # unused function (test/functional/test_framework/mininode.py)
+on_reject  # unused function (test/functional/test_framework/mininode.py)
+on_sendcmpct  # unused function (test/functional/test_framework/mininode.py)
+on_sendheaders  # unused function (test/functional/test_framework/mininode.py)
+on_tx  # unused function (test/functional/test_framework/mininode.py)
+on_verack  # unused function (test/functional/test_framework/mininode.py)
+on_version  # unused function (test/functional/test_framework/mininode.py)
+_.optionxform  # unused attribute (test/util/bitcoin-util-test.py)
+OutputMissing  # unused class (test/functional/data/invalid_txs.py)
+_.posix_path  # unused attribute (contrib/macdeploy/custom_dsstore.py)
+profile_with_perf  # unused function (test/functional/test_framework/test_node.py)
+SizeTooSmall  # unused class (test/functional/data/invalid_txs.py)
+SpendNegative  # unused class (test/functional/data/invalid_txs.py)
+SpendTooMuch  # unused class (test/functional/data/invalid_txs.py)
+TooManySigops  # unused class (test/functional/data/invalid_txs.py)
+verify_ecdsa  # unused function (test/functional/test_framework/key.py)
diff --git a/test/lint/lint-python-dead-code.sh b/test/lint/lint-python-dead-code.sh
index 588ba428d75..77bf5990a73 100755
--- a/test/lint/lint-python-dead-code.sh
+++ b/test/lint/lint-python-dead-code.sh
@@ -15,5 +15,5 @@ fi
 
 vulture \
     --min-confidence 60 \
-    --ignore-names "argtypes,connection_lost,connection_made,converter,data_received,daemon,errcheck,is_compressed,is_valid,verify_ecdsa,msg_generic,on_*,optionxform,restype,profile_with_perf" \
-    $(git ls-files -- "*.py" ":(exclude)contrib/" ":(exclude)test/functional/data/invalid_txs.py")
+    $(git rev-parse --show-toplevel) \
+    $(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")/lint-python-dead-code-whitelist