diff --git a/.flake8 b/.flake8
deleted file mode 100644
index 53e7ea28931..00000000000
--- a/.flake8
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-[flake8]
-ignore = F401,E711,W503,E203
-max-line-length = 88
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index 974121a912d..f1e4d068668 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -17,3 +17,5 @@ log_cli = false
 per-file-ignores =
      # long redefinition of signatures prevents per-line ignores, so ignore E501 (line-too-long) for the entire file
      src/ert/experiment_server/_server.py: E501
+ignore = F401,E711,W503,E203
+max-line-length = 88