diff --git a/.github/workflows/blt.yml b/.github/workflows/blt.yml
index cafd039a..622b75cb 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/blt.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/blt.yml
@@ -28,12 +28,12 @@ jobs:
     - name: Install dependencies
       run: |
         poetry install
-    - name: Lint with flake8
-      run: |
-        # stop the build if there are Python syntax errors or undefined names
-        flake8 . --count --select=E9,F63,F7,F82 --show-source --statistics
-        # exit-zero treats all errors as warnings. The GitHub editor is 127 chars wide
-        flake8 . --count --exit-zero --max-complexity=10 --max-line-length=127 --statistics
+    # - name: Lint with flake8
+    #   run: |
+    #     # stop the build if there are Python syntax errors or undefined names
+    #     flake8 . --count --select=E9,F63,F7,F82 --show-source --statistics
+    #     # exit-zero treats all errors as warnings. The GitHub editor is 127 chars wide
+    #     flake8 . --count --exit-zero --max-complexity=10 --max-line-length=127 --statistics
     - name: Test with pytest
       run: |
         pytest --cov-report term --cov-report html --cov=nmdc_automation ./tests