--- a/python/mozlint/mozlint/cli.py
+++ b/python/mozlint/mozlint/cli.py
@@ -101,17 +101,17 @@ class VCFiles(object):
             cmd = ['hg', 'status', '-amn']
         elif self.is_git(self):
             cmd = ['git', 'diff', '--name-only']
         else:
             return []
         return subprocess.check_output(cmd).split()
 
 
-def find_linters(self, linters=None):
+def find_linters(linters=None):
     lints = []
     for search_path in SEARCH_PATHS:
         if not os.path.isdir(search_path):
             continue
 
         files = os.listdir(search_path)
         for f in files:
             name, ext = os.path.splitext(f)