diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index 6c7205b26f1029ce0d13c8bd1cd6867ae57042a9..2bf78773230e6e38d3b16995f1478089af7091f6 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@ ignore =
  E122,
  # line too long
  E501,
+ # project choice; PEP 8 recommends line breaks before binary operators:
+ W503,
  # Ignore all flake8 errors for now. Whoever wants to fixup our code (PLEASE),
  # remove one, fixup all occurences, submit a merge request...
  E123,
@@ -26,6 +28,3 @@ ignore =
  F812,
  F821,
  F841,
- W291,
- W293,
- W503