diff --git a/plugins/git/gitlab_statistics b/plugins/git/gitlab_statistics
index 7ed144d2..7a76bf97 100755
--- a/plugins/git/gitlab_statistics
+++ b/plugins/git/gitlab_statistics
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ def reqjson():
     try:
         raw_data = urllib.request.urlopen(url)
         return json.loads(raw_data)
-    except IOError as e:
+    except IOError:
         print("Cannot reach the GitLab API endpoint.", file=sys.stderr)
         exit(1)
 
@@ -105,5 +105,3 @@ if len(sys.argv) >= 2:
         fetch()
 else:
     fetch()
-
-# flake8: noqa: E265
diff --git a/plugins/mysql/mysql_audit b/plugins/mysql/mysql_audit
index 1d5343a6..14a3878a 100755
--- a/plugins/mysql/mysql_audit
+++ b/plugins/mysql/mysql_audit
@@ -185,5 +185,3 @@ elif len(sys.argv) == 2 and sys.argv[1] == "config":
     configure()
 else:
     fetch()
-
-# flake8: noqa: E265