diff --git a/.flake8 b/.flake8
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3ff725f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.flake8
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+[flake8]
+# disable checks already covered by other tools
+ignore = 
+  E, # style checked by black
+  W, # style checked by black
+  F722, # types checked by mypy
+  F722  # types checked by mypy
diff --git a/.github/workflows/python-package.yml b/.github/workflows/python-package.yml
index 35597f1..651b575 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/python-package.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/python-package.yml
@@ -30,8 +30,8 @@ jobs:
         $HOME/.local/bin/poetry install --extras ci
     - name: Lint with flake8 and black
       run: |
-        $HOME/.local/bin/poetry run flake8 tests/ amqtt/ --count --statistics --show-source --ignore=E501,W503,W605,E722
-        $HOME/.local/bin/poetry run  black . --check
+        $HOME/.local/bin/poetry run flake8 tests/ amqtt/ --count --statistics --show-source
+        $HOME/.local/bin/poetry run black . --check
     - name: Test with pytest
       run: |
         $HOME/.local/bin/poetry run  pytest --cov amqtt --cov tests --cov-report=term --cov-report=xml
diff --git a/.pre-commit-config.yaml b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
index 9d2405f..2f1ca7f 100644
--- a/.pre-commit-config.yaml
+++ b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ repos:
     name: flake8
     entry: flake8
     language: system
-    args: ["--ignore=E501,W503,W605,E722"]
     types: [python]
 
   - id: black