diff --git a/.flake8 b/.flake8
index a3411a161..5abd0630e 100644
--- a/.flake8
+++ b/.flake8
@@ -1,3 +1,15 @@
 [flake8]
-ignore = E501,W503,E203
-exclude = .svn,CVS,.bzr,.hg,.git,__pycache__,.tox,ext/opentelemetry-ext-jaeger/src/opentelemetry/ext/jaeger/gen/,ext/opentelemetry-ext-jaeger/build/*
+ignore =
+  E501  # line too long, defer to black
+  F401  # unused import, defer to pylint
+  W503  # allow line breaks after binary ops, not after
+exclude =
+  .bzr
+  .git
+  .hg
+  .svn
+  .tox
+  CVS
+  __pycache__
+  ext/opentelemetry-ext-jaeger/src/opentelemetry/ext/jaeger/gen/
+  ext/opentelemetry-ext-jaeger/build/*
diff --git a/.pylintrc b/.pylintrc
index 782fc5870..1aa1e10d0 100644
--- a/.pylintrc
+++ b/.pylintrc
@@ -68,7 +68,8 @@ disable=missing-docstring,
       ungrouped-imports, # Leave this up to isort
       wrong-import-order, # Leave this up to isort
       bad-continuation, # Leave this up to black
-      line-too-long # Leave this up to black
+      line-too-long, # Leave this up to black
+      exec-used
 
 # Enable the message, report, category or checker with the given id(s). You can
 # either give multiple identifier separated by comma (,) or put this option