diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index a26fcc24bd147f868446ba58689e63c691bfa671..3c6e79cf31da1c0433d2fa666bf50b53f6359f26 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -1,6 +1,2 @@
 [bdist_wheel]
 universal=1
-
-[flake8]
-exclude = .tox,*.egg,build,data
-select = E,W,F