diff --git a/.flake8 b/.flake8
index ab7d049f..8263eacc 100644
--- a/.flake8
+++ b/.flake8
@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@ ignore =
     W503,
     # line length (of code) is handled by black
     E501,
+    # As of 2021-11-28 there is a bug in flake8-bugbear (#208)
+    B018
 
 per-file-ignores =
     tests/interfaces/*.py:D