diff --git a/.flake8 b/.flake8
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..aa079ec
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.flake8
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+[flake8]
+max-line-length=120
diff --git a/.github/workflows/python-lint-test.yml b/.github/workflows/python-lint-test.yml
index 1859a5e..db6d806 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/python-lint-test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/python-lint-test.yml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Lint with flake8
         run: |
-          flake8 --max-line-length=120 --statistics --show-source .
+          flake8 --statistics --show-source .
 
       - name: Lint with black
         run: |
diff --git a/kadet/__init__.py b/kadet/__init__.py
index 39fcd5d..cb47e79 100644
--- a/kadet/__init__.py
+++ b/kadet/__init__.py
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 
 import hashlib
 import json
-from typing import Any, Annotated
+from typing import Annotated
 import yaml
 from box import Box, BoxList
 from pydantic import BaseModel as PydanticBaseModel, Field