diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 3498f72..95959da 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@
 noconfig_targets := menuconfig nconfig gconfig xconfig config oldconfig randconfig \
 	defconfig %_defconfig allyesconfig allnoconfig alldefconfig syncconfig release \
 	randpackageconfig allyespackageconfig allnopackageconfig \
-	print-version olddefconfig distclean manual manual-% check-package check-flake8
+	print-version olddefconfig distclean manual manual-% check-package
 
 # Some global targets do not trigger a build, but are used to collect
 # metadata, or do various checks. When such targets are triggered,
@@ -1249,13 +1249,6 @@
 print-version:
 	@echo $(BR2_VERSION_FULL)
 
-check-flake8:
-	$(Q)git ls-tree -r --name-only HEAD \
-	| xargs file \
-	| grep 'Python script' \
-	| cut -d':' -f1 \
-	| xargs -- python3 -m flake8 --statistics
-
 check-package:
 	$(Q)./utils/check-package `git ls-tree -r --name-only HEAD` \
 		--ignore-list=$(TOPDIR)/.checkpackageignore