diff --git a/python/setup.cfg b/python/setup.cfg
index c2c61c7519..c0d7bab168 100644
--- a/python/setup.cfg
+++ b/python/setup.cfg
@@ -71,7 +71,8 @@ console_scripts =
     qmp-tui = qemu.qmp.qmp_tui:main [tui]
 
 [flake8]
-extend-ignore = E722  # Prefer pylint's bare-except checks to flake8's
+# Prefer pylint's bare-except checks to flake8's
+extend-ignore = E722
 exclude = __pycache__,
 
 [mypy]