diff --git a/.flake8 b/.flake8
deleted file mode 100644
index 8afc16eb..00000000
--- a/.flake8
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-[flake8]
-max-line-length = 160
-ignore = W504, F401, F811, E501
-exclude = powerapi/test_utils
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/.github/workflows/build.yml b/.github/workflows/build.yml
index 3d56d5fb..6eb914b1 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build.yml
@@ -32,10 +32,6 @@ jobs:
       run: |
         uv sync --extra everything --dev
 
-    - name: Run flake8
-      run: |
-        uv run flake8 --count --show-source --statistics src/ tests/
-
     - name: Run pylint
       run: |
         uv run pylint src/ tests/
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index b08e30d6..9263810b 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -61,7 +61,6 @@ docs = [
 ]
 
 lint = [
-    "flake8 >= 3.9.2",
     "pylint >= 2.16.0",
     "ruff >= 0.9.6"
 ]