diff --git a/python/mxnet/ndarray/numpy/_op.py b/python/mxnet/ndarray/numpy/_op.py
index ac63f441594c..112cee6d10ca 100644
--- a/python/mxnet/ndarray/numpy/_op.py
+++ b/python/mxnet/ndarray/numpy/_op.py
@@ -634,7 +634,7 @@ def tile(A, reps):
     """
     return _unary_func_helper(A, _npi.tile, _np.tile, reps=reps)
 
-
+# pylint: disable=redefined-outer-name
 @set_module('mxnet.ndarray.numpy')
 def split(ary, indices_or_sections, axis=0):
     """Split an array into multiple sub-arrays.
@@ -682,6 +682,7 @@ def split(ary, indices_or_sections, axis=0):
     if not isinstance(ret, list):
         return [ret]
     return ret
+# pylint: enable=redefined-outer-name
 
 
 @set_module('mxnet.ndarray.numpy')
diff --git a/python/mxnet/numpy/multiarray.py b/python/mxnet/numpy/multiarray.py
index 6d191854d9d4..4cb0d0b7a949 100644
--- a/python/mxnet/numpy/multiarray.py
+++ b/python/mxnet/numpy/multiarray.py
@@ -1879,7 +1879,6 @@ def concatenate(seq, axis=0, out=None):
     return _mx_nd_np.concatenate(seq, axis=axis, out=out)
 
 
-# pylint: disable=redefined-outer-name
 @set_module('mxnet.numpy')
 def indices(dimensions, dtype=_np.int32, ctx=None):
     """Return an array representing the indices of a grid.
@@ -1939,4 +1938,3 @@ def indices(dimensions, dtype=_np.int32, ctx=None):
     extract the required elements directly with ``x[:2, :3]``.
     """
     return _mx_nd_np.indices(dimensions=dimensions, dtype=dtype, ctx=ctx)
-# pylint: enable=redefined-outer-name
diff --git a/python/mxnet/symbol/numpy/_symbol.py b/python/mxnet/symbol/numpy/_symbol.py
index 138cba37e8f7..06e3cefd7315 100644
--- a/python/mxnet/symbol/numpy/_symbol.py
+++ b/python/mxnet/symbol/numpy/_symbol.py
@@ -1270,6 +1270,7 @@ def arange(start, stop=None, step=1, dtype=None, ctx=None):
     return _npi.arange(start=start, stop=stop, step=step, dtype=dtype, ctx=ctx)
 
 
+# pylint: disable=redefined-outer-name
 @set_module('mxnet.symbol.numpy')
 def split(ary, indices_or_sections, axis=0):
     """Split an array into multiple sub-arrays.
@@ -1310,6 +1311,7 @@ def split(ary, indices_or_sections, axis=0):
         raise ValueError('indices_or_sections must either int or tuple of ints')
     ret = _npi.split(ary, indices, axis, False, sections)
     return ret
+# pylint: enable=redefined-outer-name
 
 
 @set_module('mxnet.symbol.numpy')
diff --git a/tests/python/unittest/test_numpy_op.py b/tests/python/unittest/test_numpy_op.py
index 616dfac2f38e..2dce5d71a157 100644
--- a/tests/python/unittest/test_numpy_op.py
+++ b/tests/python/unittest/test_numpy_op.py
@@ -886,14 +886,12 @@ def get_new_shape(shape, axis):
 def test_np_indices():
     dtypes = ['int32', 'int64', 'float16', 'float32', 'float64']
     shapes = [
-        (),
         (0,),
         (1,),
         (2,3,4),
         (2,0,4),
         (1,1,1,1),
         (1,0,0,1),
-        (4,),
         (2,3,4,5,6,7,8)
     ]
     if platform.system() == 'Windows':