diff --git a/Generators/MadGraphControl/CMakeLists.txt b/Generators/MadGraphControl/CMakeLists.txt
index da6c122fc18219e386e81dda07f85bbb574fd11e..8d71874225e881efb94e20a9f5801cef3f2d0b11 100644
--- a/Generators/MadGraphControl/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/Generators/MadGraphControl/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -8,13 +8,6 @@ atlas_subdir( MadGraphControl )
 # External dependencies:
 find_package( MadGraph )
 
-# flake8 setup
-set( ATLAS_FLAKE8 "flake8_atlas --select ATL,F,E7,E9,W6 --enable-extension ATL902 --extend-ignore E701,E702,E741"
-   CACHE STRING "Default flake8 command" )
-
-set( ATLAS_PYTHON_CHECKER "${ATLAS_FLAKE8} --filterFiles AthenaConfiguration"
-   CACHE STRING "Python checker command to run during Python module compilation" )
-
 # Install files from the package:
 atlas_install_python_modules( python/*.py POST_BUILD_CMD ${ATLAS_FLAKE8} )
 atlas_install_joboptions( share/common/*.py )