diff --git a/gnocchi/indexer/alembic/versions/1c98ac614015_initial_base.py b/gnocchi/indexer/alembic/versions/1c98ac614015_initial_base.py
index e84eabbd..ff04411f 100644
--- a/gnocchi/indexer/alembic/versions/1c98ac614015_initial_base.py
+++ b/gnocchi/indexer/alembic/versions/1c98ac614015_initial_base.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#
+# flake8: noqa
 # Copyright 2015 OpenStack Foundation
 #
 # Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may
diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
index f1d9f928..31ed496d 100644
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ deps = {[testenv:docs]deps}
 commands = {toxinidir}/setup-test-env.sh {posargs}
 
 [flake8]
-exclude = .tox,.eggs,doc,gnocchi/indexer/alembic/versions/1c98ac614015_initial_base.py
+exclude = .tox,.eggs,doc
 show-source = true
 
 [testenv:genconfig]