diff --git a/.flake8 b/.flake8
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..00251a8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.flake8
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+[flake8]
+max-line-length = 88
+exclude =
+    .git,
+    .venv,
+    __pycache__,
+    .pytest_cache,
+    dist
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/poetry.lock b/poetry.lock
index 13f65a6..07d9a0e 100644
--- a/poetry.lock
+++ b/poetry.lock
@@ -1215,21 +1215,6 @@ tomlkit = ">=0.10.1"
 spelling = ["pyenchant (>=3.2,<4.0)"]
 testutils = ["gitpython (>3)"]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "pyproject-flake8"
-version = "6.1.0"
-description = "pyproject-flake8 (`pflake8`), a monkey patching wrapper to connect flake8 with pyproject.toml configuration"
-category = "dev"
-optional = false
-python-versions = ">=3.8.1"
-files = [
-    {file = "pyproject_flake8-6.1.0-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:86ea5559263c098e1aa4f866776aa2cf45362fd91a576b9fd8fbbbb55db12c4e"},
-    {file = "pyproject_flake8-6.1.0.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:6da8e5a264395e0148bc11844c6fb50546f1fac83ac9210f7328664135f9e70f"},
-]
-
-[package.dependencies]
-flake8 = "6.1.0"
-
 [[package]]
 name = "pytest"
 version = "7.4.2"
@@ -1846,4 +1831,4 @@ ifaddr = ">=0.1.7"
 [metadata]
 lock-version = "2.0"
 python-versions = ">=3.11,<4.0"
-content-hash = "1477b46e7a6057b97a4726bf6eaaf1cad89cebee39f26272fc2556fe4b4a894e"
+content-hash = "bd971907a2978b135d1831eb2a971412c39346f632d33a906db59b587c921596"
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index c4275ed..0484113 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@ black = "^23.9.1"
 pylint = "^3.0.1"
 flake8 = "^6.1.0"
 ipykernel = "^6.25.2"
-pyproject-flake8 = "^6.1.0"
 bandit = "^1.7.5"
 safety = "^2.3.5"
 
@@ -36,9 +35,6 @@ build-backend = "poetry.core.masonry.api"
 [tool.black]
 line-length = 88
 
-[tool.flake8]
-max-line-length = 88
-
 [tool.isort]
 profile = "black"
 skip_gitignore = true