diff --git a/.flake8 b/.flake8
index ab4038e4749..326ffef5bff 100644
--- a/.flake8
+++ b/.flake8
@@ -77,11 +77,10 @@ per-file-ignores =
     python/grass/temporal/temporal_topology_dataset_connector.py: E722
     # Current benchmarks/tests are changing sys.path before import.
     # Possibly, a different approach should be taken there anyway.
-    python/grass/pygrass/tests/benchmark.py: E402, F821
+    python/grass/pygrass/tests/benchmark.py: F821
     # Configuration file for Sphinx:
     # Ignoring import/code mix and line length.
     # Files not managed by Black
-    python/grass/imaging/images2gif.py: E226
     # Unused imports in init files
     # F403 star import used; unable to detect undefined names
     python/grass/*/__init__.py: F401, F403
diff --git a/python/grass/pygrass/tests/benchmark.py b/python/grass/pygrass/tests/benchmark.py
index fa7f0c01a65..0e2b86360dd 100644
--- a/python/grass/pygrass/tests/benchmark.py
+++ b/python/grass/pygrass/tests/benchmark.py
@@ -14,15 +14,14 @@
 import sys
 from jinja2 import Template
 from pathlib import Path
-
-sys.path.append(str(Path.cwd()))
-sys.path.append("%s/.." % (str(Path.cwd())))
-
 import grass.lib.gis as libgis
 import grass.lib.raster as libraster
 import grass.script as gs
 import ctypes
 
+sys.path.append(str(Path.cwd()))
+sys.path.append("%s/.." % (str(Path.cwd())))
+
 
 def test__RasterSegment_value_access__if():
     test_a = pygrass.RasterSegment(name="test_a")