diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 5cf87d5367d9b241080fe0d12ba786603930b6ef..704ad66d4bb39fc389e8464f80374132ead95d01 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -21,6 +21,6 @@ lint-test-job:   # Test Stage
     - pip install -r requirements.txt
     - pip install -r requirements_dev.txt
     - pip install -e .
-    - flake8 --docstring-convention google sequence_extractor/ gtf_processing/ --ignore=E501,D104,F821
+    - flake8 --docstring-convention google sequence_extractor/ gtf_processing/ --ignore=D104,F821
     - pylint sequence_extractor/ gtf_processing/
     - mypy sequence_extractor/ gtf_processing/