diff --git a/misc/requirements/requirements-flake8.txt-raw b/misc/requirements/requirements-flake8.txt-raw
index bc181bae3..17d2d822f 100644
--- a/misc/requirements/requirements-flake8.txt-raw
+++ b/misc/requirements/requirements-flake8.txt-raw
@@ -17,5 +17,3 @@ pydocstyle
 pyflakes
 
 pep8==1.7.0
-
-#@ comment: pep257 still needed by flake8-docstrings but ignored