diff --git a/.flake8 b/.flake8
index 63b5c10d5..617bcbb28 100644
--- a/.flake8
+++ b/.flake8
@@ -140,16 +140,16 @@ exclude =
     .git,
     __pycache__,
     # submodules
-        components/esptool_py/esptool,
         components/bootloader/subproject/components/micro-ecc/micro-ecc,
-        components/nghttp/nghttp2,
-        components/libsodium/libsodium,
-        components/json/cJSON,
-        components/mbedtls/mbedtls,
+        components/esptool_py/esptool,
         components/expat/expat,
+        components/json/cJSON,
+        components/libsodium/libsodium,
+        components/mbedtls/mbedtls,
+        components/nghttp/nghttp2,
+        components/nimble/nimble,
         components/unity/unity,
         examples/build_system/cmake/import_lib/main/lib/tinyxml2,
-        components/nimble/nimble,
     # other third-party libraries
         tools/kconfig_new/kconfiglib.py,
     # autogenerated scripts