diff --git a/.github/workflows/lint.yml b/.github/workflows/lint.yml
index 8bb086f6..aa07f0d8 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/lint.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/lint.yml
@@ -41,4 +41,4 @@ jobs:
       run: |
         # stop the build if there are Python syntax errors or undefined names
         # exit-zero treats all errors as warnings. The GitHub editor is 127 chars wide
-        flake8 . --count --max-complexity=10 --max-line-length=127 --statistics
+        flake8 . --statistics --exit-zero