diff --git a/.flake8 b/.flake8
deleted file mode 100644
index d201f01a4..000000000
--- a/.flake8
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-max-line-length = 120
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/ci/lint.sh b/ci/lint.sh
index caecbe174..0a25aba33 100755
--- a/ci/lint.sh
+++ b/ci/lint.sh
@@ -3,4 +3,4 @@
 echo "Linting repository..."
 source activate hosts
 
-flake8
+flake8 --max-line-length 120