diff --git a/.flake8 b/.flake8
index ec46f5ba167b4e..95261687837818 100644
--- a/.flake8
+++ b/.flake8
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ exclude = third_party
           src/test_driver/openiotsdk/*
           src/test_driver/mbed/*
           src/test_driver/linux-cirque/*
-          src/test_driver/esp32/*
           build/chip/java/tests/*
           build/chip/linux/*
           build/config/linux/*
@@ -25,7 +24,6 @@ exclude = third_party
           scripts/build/builders/android.py
           scripts/build/builders/bouffalolab.py
           scripts/build/builders/cc13x2x7_26x2x7.py
-          scripts/build/builders/esp32.py
           scripts/build/builders/genio.py
           scripts/build/builders/gn.py
           scripts/build/builders/imx.py
@@ -58,7 +56,6 @@ exclude = third_party
           scripts/tests/chiptest/yamltest_with_chip_repl_tester.py
           scripts/tools/check_zcl_file_sync.py
           scripts/tools/convert_ini.py
-          scripts/tools/generate_esp32_chip_factory_bin.py
           scripts/tools/memory/memdf/__init__.py
           scripts/tools/memory/report_summary.py
           scripts/tools/nrfconnect/generate_nrfconnect_chip_factory_data.py
diff --git a/scripts/build/builders/esp32.py b/scripts/build/builders/esp32.py
index 456ebc09c7f0c2..b6685e1af19895 100644
--- a/scripts/build/builders/esp32.py
+++ b/scripts/build/builders/esp32.py
@@ -100,7 +100,8 @@ def IsCompatible(self, board: Esp32Board):
         if board == Esp32Board.QEMU:
             return self == Esp32App.TESTS
         elif board == Esp32Board.M5Stack:
-            return self == Esp32App.ALL_CLUSTERS or self == Esp32App.ALL_CLUSTERS_MINIMAL or self == Esp32App.OTA_REQUESTOR or self == Esp32App.OTA_PROVIDER
+            return (self == Esp32App.ALL_CLUSTERS or self == Esp32App.ALL_CLUSTERS_MINIMAL or
+                    self == Esp32App.OTA_REQUESTOR or self == Esp32App.OTA_PROVIDER)
         elif board == Esp32Board.C3DevKit:
             return self == Esp32App.ALL_CLUSTERS or self == Esp32App.ALL_CLUSTERS_MINIMAL
         else:
@@ -244,5 +245,5 @@ def flashbundle(self):
 
         with open(os.path.join(self.output_dir, self.app.FlashBundleName), 'r') as fp:
             return {
-                l.strip(): os.path.join(self.output_dir, l.strip()) for l in fp.readlines() if l.strip()
+                line.strip(): os.path.join(self.output_dir, line.strip()) for line in fp.readlines() if line.strip()
             }
diff --git a/scripts/tools/generate_esp32_chip_factory_bin.py b/scripts/tools/generate_esp32_chip_factory_bin.py
index 69ee282cf83aa9..a88e999d1010ea 100755
--- a/scripts/tools/generate_esp32_chip_factory_bin.py
+++ b/scripts/tools/generate_esp32_chip_factory_bin.py
@@ -21,8 +21,6 @@
 import enum
 import logging
 import os
-import shutil
-import subprocess
 import sys
 from types import SimpleNamespace
 
@@ -198,7 +196,7 @@ def calendar_types_to_uint32(calendar_types):
 
 def ishex(s):
     try:
-        n = int(s, 16)
+        _ = int(s, 16)
         return True
     except ValueError:
         return False
@@ -464,11 +462,13 @@ def any_base_int(s): return int(s, 0)
     parser.add_argument('--mfg-date', help='Manufacturing date in format YYYY-MM-DD')
     parser.add_argument('--serial-num', help='Serial number')
     parser.add_argument('--rd-id-uid',
-                        help='128-bit unique identifier for generating rotating device identifier, provide 32-byte hex string, e.g. "1234567890abcdef1234567890abcdef"')
+                        help=('128-bit unique identifier for generating rotating device identifier, '
+                              'provide 32-byte hex string, e.g. "1234567890abcdef1234567890abcdef"'))
 
     # These will be used by DeviceInfoProvider
     parser.add_argument('--calendar-types', nargs='+',
-                        help='List of supported calendar types.\nSupported Calendar Types: Buddhist, Chinese, Coptic, Ethiopian, Gregorian, Hebrew, Indian, Islamic, Japanese, Korean, Persian, Taiwanese')
+                        help=('List of supported calendar types.\nSupported Calendar Types: Buddhist, Chinese, Coptic, Ethiopian, '
+                              'Gregorian, Hebrew, Indian, Islamic, Japanese, Korean, Persian, Taiwanese'))
     parser.add_argument('--locales', nargs='+', help='List of supported locales, Language Tag as defined by BCP47, eg. en-US en-GB')
     parser.add_argument('--fixed-labels', nargs='+',
                         help='List of fixed labels, eg: "0/orientation/up" "1/orientation/down" "2/orientation/down"')
diff --git a/src/test_driver/esp32/run_qemu_image.py b/src/test_driver/esp32/run_qemu_image.py
index 6d684c95ce7df1..90e06191b121ea 100755
--- a/src/test_driver/esp32/run_qemu_image.py
+++ b/src/test_driver/esp32/run_qemu_image.py
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@
 import os
 import re
 import subprocess
-import sys
 
 import click
 import coloredlogs
@@ -147,7 +146,7 @@ def main(log_level, no_log_timestamps, image, file_image_list, qemu, verbose):
                 print("========== TEST OUTPUT END   ============")
 
             logging.info("Image %s PASSED", path)
-        except:
+        except Exception:
             # make sure output is visible in stdout
             print("========== TEST OUTPUT BEGIN ============")
             print(output)