diff --git a/tests/filecheck/elastic.py b/tests/filecheck/elastic.py
index 8b7cfd4495f..c2c905ae172 100644
--- a/tests/filecheck/elastic.py
+++ b/tests/filecheck/elastic.py
@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@
 
 import numpy as np
 
+# flake8: noqa
+
 if __name__ == "__main__":
 
     shape = (101, 101)