diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index 77b2a604..54d937f1 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 [flake8]
-ignore = E501,E226,E731,W504
+ignore = E501,E226,E731,W504,
+         E741                   # ambiguous variable name
 exclude = .git,__pycache__,doc/sphinx/source/conf.py,build,dist
 min-version = 3.0