diff --git a/srcpkgs/flake8/update b/srcpkgs/flake8/update
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index 2fd1838c61f..00000000000
--- a/srcpkgs/flake8/update
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@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-pattern='\?ref=\K[\d.]+'
-site=https://gitlab.com/pycqa/flake8/tags