diff --git a/.flake8 b/.flake8
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..7b8f6f64
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.flake8
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+[flake8]
+ignore =
+    # W503 line break before binary operator
+    W503
+
+exclude =
+    *.egg-info/,
+    .git/,
+    .mypy_cache/,
+    .pyenvs/,
+    __pycache__/,
+    build/,
+    dist/,
+    docs/
+
+max-line-length = 100
+
+doctests = True
+show-source = True
+statistics = True
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index 3746bf09..57612edb 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -19,24 +19,3 @@ output = test-reports/coverage/xml/coverage.xml
 
 [coverage:html]
 directory = test-reports/coverage/html
-
-[flake8]
-ignore =
-    # W503 line break before binary operator
-    W503
-
-exclude =
-    *.egg-info/,
-    .git/,
-    .mypy_cache/,
-    .pyenvs/,
-    __pycache__/,
-    build/,
-    dist/,
-    docs/
-
-max-line-length = 100
-
-doctests = True
-show-source = True
-statistics = True