diff --git a/.circleci/lint-changed-python-files.sh b/.circleci/lint-changed-python-files.sh
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-#! /usr/bin/env bash
-
-last_tagged_commit=`git describe --tags --abbrev=0 --first-parent`  # --first-parent ensures we don't follow tags not published in master through an unlikely intermediary merge commit
-
-if ! changes=$(git diff-index --name-only --diff-filter=ACMR --exit-code $last_tagged_commit -- "*.py")
-then
-  echo "Hello boss, I'm linting the following changed files:"
-  echo $changes
-  flake8 $changes
-else echo "Could't find changed files, come visit again!"
-fi