diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 1f947620653f3b8056b8645d272616a40d962148..729b9d37c3352210e3e8554814a8b3d6aeeb5453 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -1,8 +1,3 @@
-job-flake8-2:
-  image: gitlab-registry.mpcdf.mpg.de/mpcdf/osc-plugins/python2:flake8
-  script:
-    - flake8 --filename=*.py --count --ignore=E501,W503 .
-
 job-flake8-3:
   image: gitlab-registry.mpcdf.mpg.de/mpcdf/osc-plugins/python3:flake8
   script: