diff --git a/changelog.d/removed.1.md b/changelog.d/removed.1.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..38da4cd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog.d/removed.1.md
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Removed flake8 from dev dependencies (ruff is already used for linting).
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 45d2a32..031a2ae 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -35,7 +35,6 @@ dependencies = [
 dev = [
     "pytest>=8.0.0,<9.0.0",
     "pytest-cov>=6.0.0,<7.0.0",
-    "flake8>=7.0.0,<8.0.0",
     "ruff>=0.9.0",
     "mypy>=1.2.3,<2.0.0",
     "build>=1.2.0,<2.0.0",