diff --git a/.flake8 b/.flake8
index f2ee6b7..99a5330 100644
--- a/.flake8
+++ b/.flake8
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 [flake8]
-ignore = E211, F401, F821
+ignore = F401, F821
+exclude = setup.py
 max-complexity = 10
 max-doc-length = 72