diff --git a/.flake8 b/.flake8
index 9048c94e6a7..b0b5497bfef 100644
--- a/.flake8
+++ b/.flake8
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 [flake8]
 max-line-length = 120
-ignore = E203,E305,E402,E721,E741,F401,F403,F405,F821,F841,F999,W503,W504
+# C408 ignored because we like the dict keyword argument syntax
+ignore = E203,E305,E402,E721,E741,F401,F403,F405,F821,F841,F999,W503,W504,C408
 exclude = docs/src,venv,third_party,caffe2,scripts,docs/caffe2,tools/amd_build/pyHIPIFY,torch/lib/include,torch/lib/tmp_install,build,torch/include