diff --git a/.flake8 b/.flake8
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-[flake8]
-
-exclude =
-    test_reflection.py,
-    test_imports.py,
-    test_lambda_formatting.py
-ignore =
-    # `black` creates these ones
-    E203,E501,W503,
-    # ambiguous variable name, e.g. 'l'
-    E741,
-    # Various codes from flake8-docstrings we don't care for
-    D1,D205,D209,D213,D301,D400,D401,D402,D412,D413,D999,D202,
-    # flake8-bugbear options we disagree with
-    B008,B011,
-    # flake8-bandit security warnings we disagree with or don't mind
-    S101,S102,S105,S110,S307,S311,S404,S6
-extend-select =
-    # enable checks for self-or-cls param name, use of raise-from
-    B902,B904