diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
index 67460f283a6e2922ed19067c0e487359be2b0021..4f124261629cf5fe7acd006113766c555459afe9 100644
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ commands =
 
 [flake8]
 max_line_length = 100
-exclude = tests,.tox
+exclude = tests,.tox,.venv
 ignore = BLK100,E203,E231,W503,D100,D101,D102,D103,D104,D105,D106,D107,RST215,RST214,F821,F841,S106,T100,T101,DJ05
 
 [isort]
@@ -64,3 +64,4 @@ junit_family = legacy
 omit =
     */tests/*
     .tox/*
+    .venv/*