diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index 10ec780f4..090bd17f0 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -28,3 +28,19 @@ flake8-ignore =
     ply/*.py ALL
     # these run VERY slowly and give tons of errors
     parser*_table.py ALL
+    # oh come on
+    setup.py ALL
+
+    # remove these later
+    *.py E741 # ambiguous variable name
+    xonsh/color_tools.py E305
+    xonsh/inspectors.py E722
+    xonsh/lexer.py E741
+    xonsh/platform.py E305
+    xonsh/style_tools.py E305
+    xonsh/tools.py E305
+    xonsh/winutils.py E305
+    xonsh/completers/_aliases.py E305
+    xonsh/completers/python.py E722
+    xonsh/parsers/context_check.py E305
+    xonsh/xoreutils/*.py E722 E305