diff --git a/src/pynwb/legacy/__init__.py b/src/pynwb/legacy/__init__.py
index dda6ce5f4..527df6b53 100644
--- a/src/pynwb/legacy/__init__.py
+++ b/src/pynwb/legacy/__init__.py
@@ -38,4 +38,4 @@ def _dec(cls):
         _dec(mapper_cls)
 
 
-from . import io  # noqa: F401
+from . import io  # noqa: F401,E402
diff --git a/tests/coloredtestrunner.py b/tests/coloredtestrunner.py
index 1ea858b86..e6fcb272f 100644
--- a/tests/coloredtestrunner.py
+++ b/tests/coloredtestrunner.py
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ def __len__(self, x):
         return len(re.sub(r"\033\[[0-9];[0-9];[0-9]{1,2}m", "", x))
 
     def addRow(self, row):
-        rows = [[''] for l in range(len(row))]
+        rows = [[''] for i in range(len(row))]
         maxrows = 0
         for i, x in enumerate(row):
             for j, y in enumerate(x.split("\n")):