diff --git a/src/setup.cfg b/src/setup.cfg
index a3c90d62c..861ae452a 100644
--- a/src/setup.cfg
+++ b/src/setup.cfg
@@ -1,8 +1,3 @@
-[flake8]
-extend-exclude = */migrations/*, */tests/*
-ignore = E203,W503
-max-line-length = 88
-
 [tool:pytest]
 DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE = paperless.settings
 addopts = --pythonwarnings=all --cov --cov-report=html --cov-report=xml --numprocesses auto --maxprocesses=16 --quiet --durations=50