diff --git a/.github/workflows/pythonpackage.yml b/.github/workflows/pythonpackage.yml
index 6cb871112..b3a9953a5 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pythonpackage.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pythonpackage.yml
@@ -33,10 +33,7 @@ jobs:
     - name: Lint with flake8
       run: |
         pip install flake8
-        # stop the build if there are Python syntax errors or undefined names
-        flake8 . --count --select=E9,F63,F7,F82 --show-source --statistics --filename=*.py,*.py.*
-        # 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 --filename=*.py,*.py.*
+        flake8 --config .flake8
     - name: Test with pytest
       run: |
         pytest --cov --cov-config=.coveragerc --cov-report xml