diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
index 609ab751..33620826 100644
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ commands =
     coverage run -m pytest {posargs:tests}
     # TODO: when dropping py26, change to 100
     coverage report --show-missing --fail-under 99
-    flake8 {[tox]project} testing tests setup.py
 #    pylint {[tox]project} testing tests setup.py
     pre-commit run --all-files