diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
index d7590f3..6c2d555 100644
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ commands =
     isort --version
     isort . --check --diff
     flake8 --version
-    flake8 --exclude=./docs/conf.py,./.tox/
+    flake8 --exclude=./docs/conf.py,./.tox/,./venv/
     pyflakes ./docs/conf.py
 deps =
   flake8