diff --git a/testground/benchmark/.flake8 b/testground/benchmark/.flake8
index 8fd06c574f..09022d9662 100644
--- a/testground/benchmark/.flake8
+++ b/testground/benchmark/.flake8
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 [flake8]
 max-line-length = 88
 extend-ignore = E203
-exclude = .git,__pycache__,./integration_tests/contracts,./integration_tests/**/*_pb2.py
+exclude = __pycache__