diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
index c3146cd2..56270c8b 100644
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -37,4 +37,4 @@ commands = nosetests {toxinidir}/functionaltests/{posargs} -v
 [flake8]
 show-source = True
 ignore = F,H
-exclude=.venv,.git,.tox,dist,doc,*openstack/common*,*lib/python*,*egg,build
+exclude=.venv,.git,.tox,dist,doc,*lib/python*,*egg,build