diff --git a/.flake8 b/.flake8
index 926d8edc0..3d6f32476 100644
--- a/.flake8
+++ b/.flake8
@@ -160,6 +160,5 @@ exclude =
         components/wifi_provisioning/python/wifi_constants_pb2.py,
         examples/provisioning/custom_config/components/custom_provisioning/python/custom_config_pb2.py,
     # temporary list (should be empty)
-        components/nvs_flash/nvs_partition_generator/nvs_partition_gen.py,
         tools/esp_app_trace/pylibelf,
         tools/mass_mfg/mfg_gen.py,
diff --git a/components/nvs_flash/nvs_partition_generator/nvs_partition_gen.py b/components/nvs_flash/nvs_partition_generator/nvs_partition_gen.py
index 47242302e..99ee53ff6 100755
--- a/components/nvs_flash/nvs_partition_generator/nvs_partition_gen.py
+++ b/components/nvs_flash/nvs_partition_generator/nvs_partition_gen.py
@@ -39,6 +39,8 @@ VERSION2_PRINT = "v2 - Multipage Blob Support Enabled"
 
 
 """ Class for standard NVS page structure """
+
+
 class Page(object):
     PAGE_PARAMS = {
         "max_size": 4096,
@@ -68,8 +70,8 @@ class Page(object):
     CHUNK_ANY = 0xFF
     ACTIVE = 0xFFFFFFFE
     FULL = 0xFFFFFFFC
-    VERSION1=0xFF
-    VERSION2=0xFE
+    VERSION1 = 0xFF
+    VERSION2 = 0xFE
 
     def __init__(self, page_num, is_rsrv_page=False):
         self.entry_num = 0
@@ -77,7 +79,7 @@ class Page(object):
         self.encr_key = None
         self.bitmap_array = array.array('B')
         self.version = Page.VERSION2
-        self.page_buf = bytearray(b'\xff')*Page.PAGE_PARAMS["max_size"]
+        self.page_buf = bytearray(b'\xff') * Page.PAGE_PARAMS["max_size"]
         if not is_rsrv_page:
             self.bitmap_array = self.create_bitmap_array()
             self.set_header(page_num)
@@ -86,7 +88,7 @@ class Page(object):
         global page_header
 
         # set page state to active
-        page_header= bytearray(b'\xff') *32
+        page_header = bytearray(b'\xff') * 32
         page_state_active_seq = Page.ACTIVE
         struct.pack_into('<I', page_header, 0,  page_state_active_seq)
         # set page sequence number
@@ -102,26 +104,23 @@ class Page(object):
         struct.pack_into('<I', page_header, 28, crc & 0xFFFFFFFF)
         self.page_buf[0:len(page_header)] = page_header
 
-
     def create_bitmap_array(self):
         bitarray = array.array('B')
-        charsize = 32 # bitmaparray has 256 bits, hence 32 bytes
-        fill = 255 # Fill all 8 bits with 1's
+        charsize = 32  # bitmaparray has 256 bits, hence 32 bytes
+        fill = 255  # Fill all 8 bits with 1's
         bitarray.extend((fill,) * charsize)
         return bitarray
 
-
     def write_bitmaparray(self):
         bitnum = self.entry_num * 2
-        byte_idx = bitnum // 8 # Find byte index in the array
-        bit_offset = bitnum & 7 # Find bit offset in given byte index
+        byte_idx = bitnum // 8  # Find byte index in the array
+        bit_offset = bitnum & 7  # Find bit offset in given byte index
         mask = ~(1 << bit_offset)
         self.bitmap_array[byte_idx] &= mask
         start_idx = Page.BITMAPARRAY_OFFSET
         end_idx = Page.BITMAPARRAY_OFFSET + Page.BITMAPARRAY_SIZE_IN_BYTES
         self.page_buf[start_idx:end_idx] = self.bitmap_array
 
-
     def encrypt_entry(self, data_arr, tweak_arr, encr_key):
         # Encrypt 32 bytes of data using AES-XTS encryption
         backend = default_backend()
@@ -134,28 +133,25 @@ class Page(object):
 
         return encrypted_data
 
-
     def reverse_hexbytes(self, addr_tmp):
         addr = []
         reversed_bytes = ""
         for i in range(0, len(addr_tmp), 2):
-            addr.append(addr_tmp[i:i+2])
+            addr.append(addr_tmp[i:i + 2])
         reversed_bytes = "".join(reversed(addr))
 
         return reversed_bytes
 
-
     def encrypt_data(self, data_input, no_of_entries, nvs_obj):
         # Set values needed for encryption and encrypt data byte wise
         encr_data_to_write = bytearray()
-        data_len_needed = 64 #in hex
-        tweak_len_needed = 32 #in hex
+        data_len_needed = 64  # in hex
+        tweak_len_needed = 32  # in hex
         init_tweak_val = '0'
         init_data_val = 'f'
         tweak_tmp = ''
         encr_key_input = None
 
-
         # Extract encryption key and tweak key from given key input
         if len(self.encr_key) == key_len_needed:
             encr_key_input = self.encr_key
@@ -207,7 +203,6 @@ class Page(object):
 
         return encr_data_to_write
 
-
     def write_entry_to_buf(self, data, entrycount,nvs_obj):
         encr_data = bytearray()
 
@@ -226,7 +221,6 @@ class Page(object):
             self.write_bitmaparray()
             self.entry_num += 1
 
-
     def set_crc_header(self, entry_struct):
         crc_data = bytearray(b'28')
         crc_data[0:4] = entry_struct[0:4]
@@ -236,7 +230,6 @@ class Page(object):
         struct.pack_into('<I', entry_struct, 4, crc & 0xFFFFFFFF)
         return entry_struct
 
-
     def write_varlen_binary_data(self, entry_struct, ns_index, key, data, data_size, total_entry_count, encoding, nvs_obj):
         chunk_start = 0
         chunk_count = 0
@@ -250,7 +243,7 @@ class Page(object):
 
             # Get the size available in current page
             tailroom = (Page.PAGE_PARAMS["max_entries"] - self.entry_num - 1) * Page.SINGLE_ENTRY_SIZE
-            assert tailroom >=0, "Page overflow!!"
+            assert tailroom >= 0, "Page overflow!!"
 
             # Split the binary data into two and store a chunk of available size onto curr page
             if tailroom < remaining_size:
@@ -266,7 +259,7 @@ class Page(object):
             # Calculate no. of entries data chunk will require
             datachunk_rounded_size = (chunk_size + 31) & ~31
             datachunk_entry_count = datachunk_rounded_size // 32
-            datachunk_total_entry_count = datachunk_entry_count + 1 # +1 for the entry header
+            datachunk_total_entry_count = datachunk_entry_count + 1  # +1 for the entry header
 
             # Set Span
             entry_struct[2] = datachunk_total_entry_count
@@ -276,7 +269,7 @@ class Page(object):
             entry_struct[3] = chunk_index
 
             # Set data chunk
-            data_chunk =  data[offset:offset + chunk_size]
+            data_chunk = data[offset:offset + chunk_size]
 
             # Compute CRC of data chunk
             struct.pack_into('<H', entry_struct, 24, chunk_size)
@@ -306,11 +299,10 @@ class Page(object):
 
             offset = offset + chunk_size
 
-
             # All chunks are stored, now store the index
             if not remaining_size:
                 # Initialise data field to 0xff
-                data_array = bytearray(b'\xff')*8
+                data_array = bytearray(b'\xff') * 8
                 entry_struct[24:32] = data_array
 
                 # change type of data to BLOB_IDX
@@ -336,7 +328,6 @@ class Page(object):
 
         return entry_struct
 
-
     def write_single_page_entry(self, entry_struct, data, datalen, data_entry_count, nvs_obj):
         # compute CRC of data
         struct.pack_into('<H', entry_struct, 24, datalen)
@@ -355,7 +346,6 @@ class Page(object):
         # write actual data
         self.write_entry_to_buf(data, data_entry_count, nvs_obj)
 
-
     """
     Low-level function to write variable length data into page buffer. Data should be formatted
     according to encoding specified.
@@ -364,32 +354,27 @@ class Page(object):
         # Set size of data
         datalen = len(data)
 
-        if version == Page.VERSION1:
-            if datalen > Page.PAGE_PARAMS["max_old_blob_size"]:
+        if datalen > Page.PAGE_PARAMS["max_old_blob_size"]:
+            if version == Page.VERSION1:
                 raise InputError("Version %s\n%s: Size exceeds max allowed length." % (VERSION1_PRINT,key))
-
-        if version == Page.VERSION2:
-            if encoding == "string":
-                if datalen > Page.PAGE_PARAMS["max_new_blob_size"]:
+            else:
+                if encoding == "string":
                     raise InputError("Version %s\n%s: Size exceeds max allowed length." % (VERSION2_PRINT,key))
 
         # Calculate no. of entries data will require
         rounded_size = (datalen + 31) & ~31
         data_entry_count = rounded_size // 32
-        total_entry_count = data_entry_count + 1 # +1 for the entry header
+        total_entry_count = data_entry_count + 1  # +1 for the entry header
 
         # Check if page is already full and new page is needed to be created right away
-        if version == Page.VERSION1:
-            if encoding in ["string", "hex2bin", "binary", "base64"]:
-                if (self.entry_num + total_entry_count) >= Page.PAGE_PARAMS["max_entries"]:
-                    raise PageFullError()
-        else:
-            if encoding == "string":
-                if (self.entry_num + total_entry_count) >= Page.PAGE_PARAMS["max_entries"]:
-                    raise PageFullError()
+        if self.entry_num >= Page.PAGE_PARAMS["max_entries"]:
+            raise PageFullError()
+        elif (self.entry_num + total_entry_count) >= Page.PAGE_PARAMS["max_entries"]:
+            if not (version == Page.VERSION2 and encoding in ["hex2bin", "binary", "base64"]):
+                raise PageFullError()
 
         # Entry header
-        entry_struct = bytearray(b'\xff')*32
+        entry_struct = bytearray(b'\xff') * 32
         # Set Namespace Index
         entry_struct[0] = ns_index
         # Set Span
@@ -414,27 +399,25 @@ class Page(object):
             entry_struct[1] = Page.BLOB
 
         if version == Page.VERSION2 and (encoding in ["hex2bin", "binary", "base64"]):
-                entry_struct = self.write_varlen_binary_data(entry_struct,ns_index,key,data,\
-                datalen,total_entry_count, encoding, nvs_obj)
+            entry_struct = self.write_varlen_binary_data(entry_struct,ns_index,key,data,
+                                                         datalen,total_entry_count, encoding, nvs_obj)
         else:
             self.write_single_page_entry(entry_struct, data, datalen, data_entry_count, nvs_obj)
 
-
-
     """ Low-level function to write data of primitive type into page buffer. """
     def write_primitive_data(self, key, data, encoding, ns_index,nvs_obj):
         # Check if entry exceeds max number of entries allowed per page
         if self.entry_num >= Page.PAGE_PARAMS["max_entries"]:
             raise PageFullError()
 
-        entry_struct = bytearray(b'\xff')*32
-        entry_struct[0] = ns_index # namespace index
-        entry_struct[2] = 0x01 # Span
+        entry_struct = bytearray(b'\xff') * 32
+        entry_struct[0] = ns_index  # namespace index
+        entry_struct[2] = 0x01  # Span
         chunk_index = Page.CHUNK_ANY
         entry_struct[3] = chunk_index
 
         # write key
-        key_array = b'\x00' *16
+        key_array = b'\x00' * 16
         entry_struct[8:24] = key_array
         entry_struct[8:8 + len(key)] = key.encode()
 
@@ -469,9 +452,13 @@ class Page(object):
     def get_data(self):
         return self.page_buf
 
+
 """
-NVS class encapsulates all NVS specific operations to create a binary with given key-value pairs. Binary can later be flashed onto device via a flashing utility.
+NVS class encapsulates all NVS specific operations to create a binary with given key-value pairs.
+Binary can later be flashed onto device via a flashing utility.
 """
+
+
 class NVS(object):
     def __init__(self, fout, input_size):
         self.size = input_size
@@ -485,11 +472,11 @@ class NVS(object):
         return self
 
     def __exit__(self, exc_type, exc_value, traceback):
-        if exc_type == None and exc_value == None:
+        if exc_type is None and exc_value is None:
             # Create pages for remaining available size
             while True:
                 try:
-                    new_page = self.create_new_page()
+                    self.create_new_page()
                 except InsufficientSizeError:
                     self.size = None
                     # Creating the last reserved page
@@ -577,13 +564,15 @@ class NVS(object):
             data += page.get_data()
         return data
 
+
 class PageFullError(RuntimeError):
     """
     Represents error when current page doesn't have sufficient entries left
     to accommodate current request
     """
     def __init__(self):
-       super(PageFullError, self).__init__()
+        super(PageFullError, self).__init__()
+
 
 class InputError(RuntimeError):
     """
@@ -592,6 +581,7 @@ class InputError(RuntimeError):
     def __init__(self, e):
         super(InputError, self).__init__(e)
 
+
 class InsufficientSizeError(RuntimeError):
     """
     Represents error when NVS Partition size given is insufficient
@@ -600,6 +590,7 @@ class InsufficientSizeError(RuntimeError):
     def __init__(self, e):
         super(InsufficientSizeError, self).__init__(e)
 
+
 def nvs_open(result_obj, input_size):
     """ Wrapper to create and NVS class object. This object can later be used to set key-value pairs
 
@@ -609,6 +600,7 @@ def nvs_open(result_obj, input_size):
     """
     return NVS(result_obj, input_size)
 
+
 def write_entry(nvs_instance, key, datatype, encoding, value):
     """ Wrapper to set key-value pair in NVS format
 
@@ -622,7 +614,7 @@ def write_entry(nvs_instance, key, datatype, encoding, value):
 
     if datatype == "file":
         abs_file_path = value
-        if os.path.isabs(value) == False:
+        if os.path.isabs(value) is False:
             script_dir = os.path.dirname(__file__)
             abs_file_path = os.path.join(script_dir, value)
 
@@ -634,6 +626,7 @@ def write_entry(nvs_instance, key, datatype, encoding, value):
     else:
         nvs_instance.write_entry(key, value, encoding)
 
+
 def nvs_close(nvs_instance):
     """ Wrapper to finish writing to NVS and write data to file/stream object provided to nvs_open method
 
@@ -643,8 +636,8 @@ def nvs_close(nvs_instance):
     nvs_instance.__exit__(None, None, None)
 
 
-def check_input_args(input_filename=None, output_filename=None, input_part_size=None, is_key_gen=None,\
-encrypt_mode=None, key_file=None, version_no=None, print_arg_str=None, print_encrypt_arg_str=None):
+def check_input_args(input_filename=None, output_filename=None, input_part_size=None, is_key_gen=None,
+                     encrypt_mode=None, key_file=None, version_no=None, print_arg_str=None, print_encrypt_arg_str=None):
 
     global version, is_encrypt_data, input_size, key_gen
 
@@ -658,7 +651,6 @@ encrypt_mode=None, key_file=None, version_no=None, print_arg_str=None, print_enc
     elif is_encrypt_data.lower() == 'false':
         is_encrypt_data = False
 
-
     if version == 'v1':
         version = Page.VERSION1
     elif version == 'v2':
@@ -669,7 +661,6 @@ encrypt_mode=None, key_file=None, version_no=None, print_arg_str=None, print_enc
     elif key_gen.lower() == 'false':
         key_gen = False
 
-
     if key_gen:
         if all(arg is not None for arg in [input_filename, output_filename, input_size]):
             if not is_encrypt_data:
@@ -681,7 +672,6 @@ encrypt_mode=None, key_file=None, version_no=None, print_arg_str=None, print_enc
             if not all(arg is not None for arg in [input_filename, output_filename]):
                 sys.exit(print_arg_str)
 
-
     if is_encrypt_data and not key_gen and not key_file:
         sys.exit(print_encrypt_arg_str)
 
@@ -695,7 +685,7 @@ encrypt_mode=None, key_file=None, version_no=None, print_arg_str=None, print_enc
         # Set size
         input_size = int(input_size, 0)
 
-        if input_size % 4096 !=0:
+        if input_size % 4096 != 0:
             sys.exit("Size of partition must be multiple of 4096")
 
         # Update size as a page needs to be reserved of size 4KB
@@ -705,8 +695,6 @@ encrypt_mode=None, key_file=None, version_no=None, print_arg_str=None, print_enc
             sys.exit("Minimum NVS partition size needed is 0x3000 bytes.")
 
 
-
-
 def nvs_part_gen(input_filename=None, output_filename=None, input_part_size=None, is_key_gen=None, encrypt_mode=None, key_file=None, version_no=None):
     """ Wrapper to generate nvs partition binary
 
@@ -749,9 +737,8 @@ def nvs_part_gen(input_filename=None, output_filename=None, input_part_size=None
         input_file.close()
         output_file.close()
 
-
     if key_gen:
-        keys_page_buf = bytearray(b'\xff')*Page.PAGE_PARAMS["max_size"]
+        keys_page_buf = bytearray(b'\xff') * Page.PAGE_PARAMS["max_size"]
         key_bytes = bytearray()
         if len(key_input) == key_len_needed:
             key_bytes = key_input
@@ -773,44 +760,44 @@ def main():
     parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description="ESP32 NVS partition generation utility")
     nvs_part_gen_group = parser.add_argument_group('To generate NVS partition')
     nvs_part_gen_group.add_argument(
-            "--input",
-            help="Path to CSV file to parse.",
-            default=None)
+        "--input",
+        help="Path to CSV file to parse.",
+        default=None)
 
     nvs_part_gen_group.add_argument(
-            "--output",
-            help='Path to output converted binary file.',
-            default=None)
+        "--output",
+        help='Path to output converted binary file.',
+        default=None)
 
     nvs_part_gen_group.add_argument(
-            "--size",
-            help='Size of NVS Partition in bytes (must be multiple of 4096)')
+        "--size",
+        help='Size of NVS Partition in bytes (must be multiple of 4096)')
 
     nvs_part_gen_group.add_argument(
-            "--version",
-            help='Set version. Default: v2',
-            choices=['v1','v2'],
-            default='v2',
-            type=str.lower)
+        "--version",
+        help='Set version. Default: v2',
+        choices=['v1','v2'],
+        default='v2',
+        type=str.lower)
 
-    keygen_action=nvs_part_gen_group.add_argument(
-            "--keygen",
-            help='Generate keys for encryption. Creates an `encryption_keys.bin` file. Default: false',
-            choices=['true','false'],
-            default= 'false',
-            type=str.lower)
+    keygen_action = nvs_part_gen_group.add_argument(
+        "--keygen",
+        help='Generate keys for encryption. Creates an `encryption_keys.bin` file. Default: false',
+        choices=['true','false'],
+        default='false',
+        type=str.lower)
 
     nvs_part_gen_group.add_argument(
-            "--encrypt",
-            help='Set encryption mode. Default: false',
-            choices=['true','false'],
-            default='false',
-            type=str.lower)
+        "--encrypt",
+        help='Set encryption mode. Default: false',
+        choices=['true','false'],
+        default='false',
+        type=str.lower)
 
     nvs_part_gen_group.add_argument(
-            "--keyfile",
-            help='File having key for encryption (Applicable only if encryption mode is true)',
-            default = None)
+        "--keyfile",
+        help='File having key for encryption (Applicable only if encryption mode is true)',
+        default=None)
 
     key_gen_group = parser.add_argument_group('To generate encryption keys')
     key_gen_group._group_actions.append(keygen_action)
@@ -824,13 +811,13 @@ def main():
     is_encrypt_data = args.encrypt
     key_file = args.keyfile
 
-    print_arg_str = "Invalid.\nTo generate nvs partition binary --input, --output and --size arguments are mandatory.\nTo generate encryption keys --keygen argument is mandatory."
+    print_arg_str = "Invalid.\nTo generate nvs partition binary --input, --output and --size arguments are mandatory.\n \
+        To generate encryption keys --keygen argument is mandatory."
     print_encrypt_arg_str = "Missing parameter. Enter --keyfile or --keygen."
 
     check_input_args(input_filename,output_filename, part_size, is_key_gen, is_encrypt_data, key_file, version_no, print_arg_str, print_encrypt_arg_str)
     nvs_part_gen(input_filename, output_filename, part_size, is_key_gen, is_encrypt_data, key_file, version_no)
 
 
-
 if __name__ == "__main__":
     main()
diff --git a/tools/ci/setup_python.sh b/tools/ci/setup_python.sh
index 45944a357..c134ba816 100644
--- a/tools/ci/setup_python.sh
+++ b/tools/ci/setup_python.sh
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 # - UT_009_ - multi-device tests are not compatible
 # - UT_014_ - multi-device tests are not compatible
 # - UT_017_ - multi-device tests are not compatible
-py3_incomp='assign_test|nvs_compatible_test|IT|UT_009_|UT_014_|UT_017_'
+py3_incomp='assign_test|nvs_compatible_test|IT|UT_009_|UT_013_|UT_014_|UT_017_'
 
 if [ -z ${PYTHON_VER+x} ] || [[ $CI_JOB_NAME =~ $py3_incomp ]]; then
     # Use this version of the Python interpreter if it was not defined before or