diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
index 14399d0a302..703de98121e 100644
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -5,4 +5,4 @@ skipsdist = True
 [testenv:flake8]
 deps=
   flake8
-commands=flake8 --select=F ceph-qa-suite
+commands=flake8 --select=F --exclude=venv