diff --git a/.flake8 b/.flake8
index 0e43b9b56..cf1a96476 100644
--- a/.flake8
+++ b/.flake8
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ exclude =
 per-file-ignores =
 # Exclude files that are meant to provide top-level imports
 # E402: Module level import not at top of file
-    tests/CrawlerRunner/change_reactor.py:E402
 # F401: Module imported but unused
     scrapy/__init__.py:E402
     scrapy/core/downloader/handlers/http.py:F401
@@ -17,6 +16,7 @@ per-file-ignores =
     scrapy/linkextractors/__init__.py:E402,F401
     scrapy/selector/__init__.py:F401
     scrapy/spiders/__init__.py:E402,F401
+    tests/CrawlerRunner/change_reactor.py:E402
 
     # Issues pending a review:
     scrapy/utils/url.py:F403,F405