diff --git a/.pre-commit-config.yaml b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
index 8b92068d..8e06604a 100644
--- a/.pre-commit-config.yaml
+++ b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
@@ -12,11 +12,6 @@ repos:
   rev: 22.12.0
   hooks:
     - id: black
-# isort for python imports
-- repo: https://github.com/pycqa/isort
-  rev: 5.12.0
-  hooks:
-    - id: isort
 - repo: https://github.com/precice/precice-pre-commit-hooks
   rev: 'v3.3'
   hooks:
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 1e19c417..36e79095 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import os
+
 # from https://stackoverflow.com/a/9079062
 import sys
 
diff --git a/tests/unit/test_adaptivity_parallel.py b/tests/unit/test_adaptivity_parallel.py
index de58afbf..b07ee923 100644
--- a/tests/unit/test_adaptivity_parallel.py
+++ b/tests/unit/test_adaptivity_parallel.py
@@ -4,8 +4,7 @@
 import numpy as np
 from mpi4py import MPI
 
-from micro_manager.adaptivity.global_adaptivity import \
-    GlobalAdaptivityCalculator
+from micro_manager.adaptivity.global_adaptivity import GlobalAdaptivityCalculator
 
 
 class TestGlobalAdaptivity(TestCase):