diff --git a/src/mapscript/python/CMakeLists.txt b/src/mapscript/python/CMakeLists.txt
index f8994efe5..ed3e55c8f 100644
--- a/src/mapscript/python/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/mapscript/python/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -73,15 +73,6 @@ add_custom_command(
 
 add_custom_command(
     DEPENDS mapscriptvenv.stamp
-    OUTPUT mapscriptlinting.stamp
-    WORKING_DIRECTORY ${OUTPUT_FOLDER}
-    COMMAND ${Python_VENV_SCRIPTS}/flake8 $<TARGET_FILE_DIR:${SWIG_MODULE_pythonmapscript_REAL_NAME}>/mapscript/tests --max-line-length=140
-    COMMAND ${Python_VENV_SCRIPTS}/flake8 $<TARGET_FILE_DIR:${SWIG_MODULE_pythonmapscript_REAL_NAME}>/mapscript/examples --max-line-length=120
-    COMMENT "Linting test suite and examples with flake8" # note only one comment is output per custom command block
-)
-
-add_custom_command(
-    DEPENDS mapscriptlinting.stamp
     OUTPUT mapscriptwheel.stamp
     WORKING_DIRECTORY ${OUTPUT_FOLDER}
     COMMAND ${Python_VENV_SCRIPTS}/python setup.py bdist_wheel > wheel_build.log
diff --git a/src/mapscript/python/requirements-dev.txt b/src/mapscript/python/requirements-dev.txt
index 8fb82c7a5..23c49907a 100644
--- a/src/mapscript/python/requirements-dev.txt
+++ b/src/mapscript/python/requirements-dev.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,4 @@
 pytest
 pillow
-wheel>=0.31.1
-setuptools>=40.2.0
-flake8==3.9.2; python_version == '2.7'
-flake8==5.0.3; python_version >= '3.0'
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+wheel>=0.38.0
+setuptools>=45.0.0
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