diff --git a/.flake8 b/.flake8
deleted file mode 100644
index c4814f13a..000000000
--- a/.flake8
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,82 +0,0 @@
-[flake8]
-
-max-line-length = 119
-extend-select = TC, TC1
-ignore =
-    # black disagrees with flake8 about these
-    E203, E501, E701, E704, W503
-
-    # Assigning to `os.environ` doesn't clear the environment.
-    B003
-    # Do not use mutable data structures for argument defaults.
-    B006
-    # Loop control variable not used within the loop body.
-    B007
-    # Do not perform function calls in argument defaults.
-    B008
-    # return/continue/break inside finally blocks cause exceptions to be
-    # silenced.
-    B012
-    # Star-arg unpacking after a keyword argument is strongly discouraged
-    B026
-    # No explicit stacklevel argument found.
-    B028
-
-    # docstring does contain unindexed parameters
-    P102
-    # other string does contain unindexed parameters
-    P103
-
-    # Missing docstring in public module
-    D100
-    # Missing docstring in public class
-    D101
-    # Missing docstring in public method
-    D102
-    # Missing docstring in public function
-    D103
-    # Missing docstring in public package
-    D104
-    # Missing docstring in magic method
-    D105
-    # Missing docstring in public nested class
-    D106
-    # Missing docstring in __init__
-    D107
-    # One-line docstring should fit on one line with quotes
-    D200
-    # No blank lines allowed after function docstring
-    D202
-    # 1 blank line required between summary line and description
-    D205
-    # Multi-line docstring closing quotes should be on a separate line
-    D209
-    # First line should end with a period
-    D400
-    # First line should be in imperative mood; try rephrasing
-    D401
-    # First line should not be the function's "signature"
-    D402
-    # First word of the first line should be properly capitalized
-    D403
-
-    # Annotation in typing.cast() should be a string literal
-    TC006
-exclude =
-    docs/conf.py
-
-per-file-ignores =
-# Exclude files that are meant to provide top-level imports
-# E402: Module level import not at top of file
-# F401: Module imported but unused
-    scrapy/__init__.py:E402
-    scrapy/core/downloader/handlers/http.py:F401
-    scrapy/http/__init__.py:F401
-    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
-    tests/test_loader.py:E741
diff --git a/.pre-commit-config.yaml b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
index ec8693c00..49db3f610 100644
--- a/.pre-commit-config.yaml
+++ b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
@@ -9,17 +9,6 @@ repos:
   - id: bandit
     args: ["-c", "pyproject.toml"]
     additional_dependencies: ["bandit[toml]"]
-- repo: https://github.com/PyCQA/flake8
-  rev: 7.1.0
-  hooks:
-  - id: flake8
-    additional_dependencies:
-    - flake8-bugbear
-    - flake8-comprehensions
-    - flake8-debugger
-    - flake8-docstrings
-    - flake8-string-format
-    - flake8-type-checking
 - repo: https://github.com/psf/black.git
   rev: 24.4.2
   hooks: