diff --git a/.flake8 b/.flake8
index 11433ee875ab7f4bbc10e8aeb98124c844ce64aa..d8666e234e10d8f9618cdc4569743d7920b931bc 100644
--- a/.flake8
+++ b/.flake8
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 [flake8]
 max-line-length=99
+exclude = venv
diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
index 0cc2fadda391f06f9f8bbe869295815bde407ed5..58116e16882c17c66d6243632375fb661c8a2379 100644
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -72,7 +72,6 @@ deps=
 #   be overridden via the TOXINI_FLAKE8_VERSION environment variable.
     flake8=={env:TOXINI_FLAKE8_VERSION:3.5.0}
 commands=
-    flake8 --version
     flake8 .
 
 # Collect static files