diff --git a/osbuild/buildroot.py b/osbuild/buildroot.py
index fe2f12a1..b99d256c 100644
--- a/osbuild/buildroot.py
+++ b/osbuild/buildroot.py
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ class BuildRoot(contextlib.AbstractContextManager):
             shutil.rmtree(self.var)
             self.var = None
 
-    def run(self, argv, binds=None, readonly_binds=None, **kwargs):
+    def run(self, argv, binds=None, readonly_binds=None):
         """Runs a command in the buildroot.
 
         Its arguments mean the same as those for subprocess.run().
@@ -81,9 +81,6 @@ class BuildRoot(contextlib.AbstractContextManager):
 
         nspawn_ro_binds = []
 
-        # pylint suggests to epxlicitly pass `check` to subprocess.run()
-        check = kwargs.pop("check", False)
-
         # make osbuild API-calls accessible to the container
         nspawn_ro_binds.append(f"{self.api}:/run/osbuild/api")
 
@@ -121,7 +118,7 @@ class BuildRoot(contextlib.AbstractContextManager):
             *[f"--bind={b}" for b in (binds or [])],
             *[f"--bind-ro={b}" for b in (readonly_binds or [])],
             f"/run/osbuild/lib/runners/{self.runner}"
-            ] + argv, check=check, **kwargs)
+            ] + argv, check=False, stdin=subprocess.DEVNULL)
 
     def __del__(self):
         self.unmount()
diff --git a/osbuild/pipeline.py b/osbuild/pipeline.py
index 4473e231..0b8c48b6 100644
--- a/osbuild/pipeline.py
+++ b/osbuild/pipeline.py
@@ -101,7 +101,6 @@ class Stage:
                     [f"/run/osbuild/lib/stages/{self.name}"],
                     binds=[f"{tree}:/run/osbuild/tree"],
                     readonly_binds=ro_binds,
-                    stdin=subprocess.DEVNULL,
                 )
                 return BuildResult(self, r.returncode, api.output)
 
@@ -154,7 +153,6 @@ class Assembler:
                     [f"/run/osbuild/lib/assemblers/{self.name}"],
                     binds=binds,
                     readonly_binds=ro_binds,
-                    stdin=subprocess.DEVNULL,
                 )
                 return BuildResult(self, r.returncode, api.output)