diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 9633398e3..686a5d77b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -103,9 +103,7 @@ jobs:
         pylint --rcfile=.pylintrc \
         can/**.py \
         can/io \
-        setup.py \
         doc/conf.py \
-        scripts/**.py \
         examples/**.py \
         can/interfaces/socketcan
 
diff --git a/can/io/mf4.py b/can/io/mf4.py
index 215543e9f..c7e71e816 100644
--- a/can/io/mf4.py
+++ b/can/io/mf4.py
@@ -272,7 +272,11 @@ class MF4Reader(BinaryIOMessageReader):
     The MF4Reader only supports MF4 files that were recorded with python-can.
     """
 
-    def __init__(self, file: Union[StringPathLike, BinaryIO]) -> None:
+    def __init__(
+        self,
+        file: Union[StringPathLike, BinaryIO],
+        **kwargs: Any,
+    ) -> None:
         """
         :param file: a path-like object or as file-like object to read from
                         If this is a file-like object, is has to be opened in
diff --git a/can/io/trc.py b/can/io/trc.py
index f116bdc04..ccf122d57 100644
--- a/can/io/trc.py
+++ b/can/io/trc.py
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 import os
 from datetime import datetime, timedelta, timezone
 from enum import Enum
-from typing import Callable, Dict, Generator, List, Optional, TextIO, Union
+from typing import Any, Callable, Dict, Generator, List, Optional, TextIO, Union
 
 from ..message import Message
 from ..typechecking import StringPathLike
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ class TRCReader(TextIOMessageReader):
     def __init__(
         self,
         file: Union[StringPathLike, TextIO],
+        **kwargs: Any,
     ) -> None:
         """
         :param file: a path-like object or as file-like object to read from
@@ -265,6 +266,7 @@ def __init__(
         self,
         file: Union[StringPathLike, TextIO],
         channel: int = 1,
+        **kwargs: Any,
     ) -> None:
         """
         :param file: a path-like object or as file-like object to write to