diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 42b24f67..fd330019 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ before_script:
     # stop the build if there are Python syntax errors or undefined names
     - flake8 . --count --select=E901,E999,F821,F822,F823 --show-source --statistics
     # exit-zero treats all errors as warnings.  The GitHub editor is 127 chars wide
-    - flake8 . --count --exit-zero --ignore=E265 --max-complexity=10 --max-line-length=127 --statistics
+    - flake8 . --count --exit-zero --ignore=E265,W2 --max-complexity=10 --max-line-length=127 --statistics
 script:
     - true  # pytest --capture=sys  # add other tests here
 notifications: