diff --git a/.flake8 b/.flake8
index 5af6cde..b6af8bf 100644
--- a/.flake8
+++ b/.flake8
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# use .flake8 until we can move this config to pyproject.toml (not possible yet (27/02/2024) according to issue below)
+# use .flake8 until we can move this config to pyproject.toml
 # https://github.com/PyCQA/flake8/issues/234
 
 [flake8]
@@ -37,6 +37,9 @@ extend-ignore =
     # W503 line break before binary operator
     W503,
 
+    # C901 too complex function (ignore temporarily)
+    C901,
+
 # set max-line-length to be black compatible, as suggested in the black docs
 # https://github.com/psf/black/blob/d038a24ca200da9dacc1dcb05090c9e5b45b7869/docs/the_black_code_style/current_style.md#line-length
 max-line-length = 88
@@ -52,5 +55,3 @@ show-source = True
 
 # count errors and warnings
 statistics = True
-exclude = 
-    .venv
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