diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 7f3d4a5d..22626f40 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ matrix:
 
 install:
     - pip install tox-travis
-    - pip install setuptools==20.6.6
+    - pip install setuptools
     - pip install coveralls
     - mkdir -p "influxdb_install/${INFLUXDB_VER}"
     - if [ -n "${INFLUXDB_VER}" ] ; then wget "https://dl.influxdata.com/influxdb/releases/influxdb_${INFLUXDB_VER}_amd64.deb" ; fi
diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
index d0d87fec..2f9c212c 100644
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ commands = nosetests -v --with-doctest {posargs}
 deps =
   flake8
   pep8-naming
-commands = flake8 influxdb
+commands = flake8 --ignore=W503,W504,W605,N802,F821 influxdb
 
 [testenv:pep257]
 deps = pydocstyle