diff --git a/.pylintrc b/.pylintrc
index 4a7f6601..3943bac6 100644
--- a/.pylintrc
+++ b/.pylintrc
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ disable=
     useless-import-alias,
     bad-option-value,
     consider-using-dict-items,
+    consider-using-f-string,
 
     ; PY2 Compat
     super-with-arguments,
diff --git a/platformio/commands/home/rpc/handlers/project.py b/platformio/commands/home/rpc/handlers/project.py
index 2263beb1..4c48a5d9 100644
--- a/platformio/commands/home/rpc/handlers/project.py
+++ b/platformio/commands/home/rpc/handlers/project.py
@@ -265,7 +265,8 @@ class ProjectRPC:
                 fp.write(main_content.strip())
         return project_dir
 
-    async def import_arduino(self, board, use_arduino_libs, arduino_project_dir):
+    @staticmethod
+    async def import_arduino(board, use_arduino_libs, arduino_project_dir):
         board = str(board)
         # don't import PIO Project
         if is_platformio_project(arduino_project_dir):