diff --git a/.pre-commit-config.yaml b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
index 9d94556..66a040f 100644
--- a/.pre-commit-config.yaml
+++ b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
@@ -27,9 +27,13 @@ repos:
       - id: debug-statements
       - id: check-yaml
         files: .*\.(yaml|yml)$
-  - repo: https://gitlab.com/pycqa/flake8
-    rev: 181bb46098dddf7e2d45319ea654b4b4d58c2840 # 3.8.3
+  - repo: local
     hooks:
       - id: flake8
+        name: flake8
         additional_dependencies:
           - hacking>=3.0.1,<3.1.0
+        language: python
+        entry: flake8
+        files: '^.*\.py$'
+        exclude: '^(doc|releasenotes|tools)/.*$'
diff --git a/.zuul.yaml b/.zuul.yaml
index 896febc..20a7b6a 100644
--- a/.zuul.yaml
+++ b/.zuul.yaml
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
       - check-requirements
       - lib-forward-testing-python3
       - openstack-cover-jobs
-      - openstack-lower-constraints-jobs
       - openstack-python3-wallaby-jobs
       - periodic-stable-jobs
       - publish-openstack-docs-pti
diff --git a/lower-constraints.txt b/lower-constraints.txt
deleted file mode 100644
index 102b938..0000000
--- a/lower-constraints.txt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,44 +0,0 @@
-alabaster==0.7.10
-appdirs==1.3.0
-bandit==1.4.0
-coverage==4.0
-debtcollector==1.2.0
-docutils==0.11
-dulwich==0.15.0
-extras==1.0.0
-fixtures==3.0.0
-gitdb==0.6.4
-GitPython==1.0.1
-imagesize==0.7.1
-iso8601==0.1.11
-Jinja2==2.10
-keystoneauth1==3.4.0
-linecache2==1.0.0
-MarkupSafe==1.0
-mox3==0.20.0
-netaddr==0.7.18
-openstackdocstheme==2.2.1
-os-client-config==1.28.0
-oslo.config==5.2.0
-oslotest==3.2.0
-pbr==2.0.0
-Pygments==2.2.0
-python-mimeparse==1.6.0
-python-subunit==1.0.0
-pytz==2013.6
-PyYAML==3.12
-reno==3.1.0
-requests==2.14.2
-requestsexceptions==1.2.0
-rfc3986==0.3.1
-smmap==0.9.0
-snowballstemmer==1.2.1
-Sphinx==2.0.0
-sphinxcontrib-websupport==1.0.1
-stestr==2.0.0
-stevedore==1.20.0
-testscenarios==0.4
-testtools==2.2.0
-traceback2==1.4.0
-unittest2==1.1.0
-wrapt==1.7.0
diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
index 5705497..9c95dc5 100644
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -67,9 +67,3 @@ deps =
 commands =
   rm -rf releasenotes/build
   sphinx-build -a -E -W -d releasenotes/build/doctrees --keep-going -b html releasenotes/source releasenotes/build/html
-
-[testenv:lower-constraints]
-deps =
-  -c{toxinidir}/lower-constraints.txt
-  -r{toxinidir}/test-requirements.txt
-  -r{toxinidir}/requirements.txt