diff --git a/.github/workflows/build.yml b/.github/workflows/build.yml
index 1bc145d..f1cf569 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build.yml
@@ -73,7 +73,8 @@ jobs:
         pushd kma && make && sudo mv kma /usr/bin && popd
 
         python -m pip install --upgrade pip
-        python -m pip install flake8 pytest
+        #python -m pip install flake8 pytest
+        python -m pip install pytest
 
     - name: Install rgi
       run: |
@@ -93,12 +94,12 @@ jobs:
           bedtools --version
           kma -v
           rgi -h
-    - name: Lint with flake8
-      run: |
-        # stop the build if there are Python syntax errors or undefined names
-        flake8 . --count --select=E9,F63,F7,F82 --show-source --statistics
-        # exit-zero treats all errors as warnings. The GitHub editor is 127 chars wide
-        flake8 . --count --exit-zero --max-complexity=10 --max-line-length=127 --statistics
+    # - name: Lint with flake8
+    #   run: |
+    #     # stop the build if there are Python syntax errors or undefined names
+    #     flake8 . --count --select=E9,F63,F7,F82 --show-source --statistics
+    #     # exit-zero treats all errors as warnings. The GitHub editor is 127 chars wide
+    #     flake8 . --count --exit-zero --max-complexity=10 --max-line-length=127 --statistics
     - name: Test with pytest
       run: |
         bash test.sh