diff --git a/pytools/__init__.py b/pytools/__init__.py
index 3516d6fe1a6dfe55ec2f7c0d7b70d5f1539489c9..b4d0214a95e9fc94227c3129b92592163f65ecce 100644
--- a/pytools/__init__.py
+++ b/pytools/__init__.py
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ class RecordWithoutPickling(object):
             kwargs.update(valuedict)
 
         for key, value in six.iteritems(kwargs):
-            if not key in exclude:
+            if key not in exclude:
                 fields.add(key)
                 setattr(self, key, value)
 
@@ -556,7 +556,9 @@ def memoize_method_with_uncached(uncached_args=[], uncached_kwargs=set()):
                 for name in uncached_kwargs:
                     cache_kwargs.pop(name, None)
 
-                key = (_HasKwargs, frozenset(six.iteritems(cache_kwargs))) + cache_args
+                key = (
+                        (_HasKwargs, frozenset(six.iteritems(cache_kwargs)))
+                        + cache_args)
             else:
                 key = cache_args
 
@@ -1571,7 +1573,7 @@ def invoke_editor(s, filename="edit.txt", descr="the file"):
         p = Popen([os.environ["EDITOR"], full_name])
         os.waitpid(p.pid, 0)[1]
     else:
-        print("(Set the EDITOR environment variable to be " \
+        print("(Set the EDITOR environment variable to be "
                 "dropped directly into an editor next time.)")
         input("Edit %s at %s now, then hit [Enter]:"
                 % (descr, full_name))
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index a3d65d85054f91f6d8b101be1f3840d55aa8ff36..e7adadc5e3abab98c6aec874cef4af1d43dcde41 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 [flake8]
-ignore = E126,E127,E128,E123,E226,E241,E242
+ignore = E126,E127,E128,E123,E226,E241,E242,E265
 max-line-length=85
 [wheel]
 universal = 1