diff --git a/.flake8 b/.flake8
index 038fcfbaf9..c578027ed9 100644
--- a/.flake8
+++ b/.flake8
@@ -152,6 +152,7 @@ exclude =
         components/openthread/openthread,
         components/tinyusb,
         components/unity/unity,
+        components/spiffs/spiffs,
         examples/build_system/cmake/import_lib/main/lib/tinyxml2,
         examples/peripherals/secure_element/atecc608_ecdsa/components/esp-cryptoauthlib,
     # autogenerated scripts