diff --git a/.flake8 b/.flake8
index ceee4512ca2..580aa6670a1 100644
--- a/.flake8
+++ b/.flake8
@@ -25,12 +25,6 @@ per-file-ignores =
     doc/python/m.distance.py: E501
     doc/gui/wxpython/example/dialogs.py: F401
     gui/scripts/d.wms.py: E501
-    gui/wxpython/gui_core/*: E722
-    gui/wxpython/gui_core/dialogs.py: E722
-    gui/wxpython/gui_core/forms.py: E722
-    gui/wxpython/gui_core/ghelp.py: E722
-    gui/wxpython/gui_core/gselect.py: E722
-    gui/wxpython/gui_core/widgets.py: E722
     gui/wxpython/image2target/*: F841, E722
     gui/wxpython/image2target/g.gui.image2target.py: E501, F841
     gui/wxpython/iscatt/*: F841, E722, F405, F403
diff --git a/gui/wxpython/gui_core/dialogs.py b/gui/wxpython/gui_core/dialogs.py
index f7c7711cadf..cd2a8dcc24d 100644
--- a/gui/wxpython/gui_core/dialogs.py
+++ b/gui/wxpython/gui_core/dialogs.py
@@ -1213,7 +1213,7 @@ def _filter(self, data):
             try:
                 if re.compile(self.flt_pattern).search(dt):
                     flt_data.append(dt)
-            except:
+            except re.error:
                 pass
 
         return flt_data
@@ -1656,7 +1656,7 @@ def OnFilter(self, event):
             try:
                 if re.compile(event.GetString()).search(layer):
                     list.append(layer)
-            except:
+            except re.error:
                 pass
         list = naturally_sorted(list)
 
diff --git a/gui/wxpython/gui_core/forms.py b/gui/wxpython/gui_core/forms.py
index 1ef623feaf7..c1123497abf 100644
--- a/gui/wxpython/gui_core/forms.py
+++ b/gui/wxpython/gui_core/forms.py
@@ -2016,7 +2016,7 @@ def __init__(self, parent, giface, task, id=wx.ID_ANY, frame=None, *args, **kwar
                     # check wildcard
                     try:
                         fExt = os.path.splitext(p.get("key_desc", ["*.*"])[0])[1]
-                    except:
+                    except IndexError:
                         fExt = None
                     if not fExt:
                         fMask = "*"
diff --git a/gui/wxpython/gui_core/ghelp.py b/gui/wxpython/gui_core/ghelp.py
index 6713dbcc0a3..0c4f6cdadfb 100644
--- a/gui/wxpython/gui_core/ghelp.py
+++ b/gui/wxpython/gui_core/ghelp.py
@@ -566,15 +566,15 @@ def _langString(self, k, v):
         allStr = "%s :" % k.upper()
         try:
             allStr += _("   %d translated") % v["good"]
-        except:
+        except KeyError:
             pass
         try:
             allStr += _("   %d fuzzy") % v["fuzzy"]
-        except:
+        except KeyError:
             pass
         try:
             allStr += _("   %d untranslated") % v["bad"]
-        except:
+        except KeyError:
             pass
         return allStr
 
@@ -589,7 +589,7 @@ def _langBox(self, par, k, v):
             )
             tgood.SetForegroundColour(wx.Colour(35, 142, 35))
             langBox.Add(tgood)
-        except:
+        except KeyError:
             tgood = StaticText(parent=par, id=wx.ID_ANY, label="")
             langBox.Add(tgood)
         try:
@@ -598,7 +598,7 @@ def _langBox(self, par, k, v):
             )
             tfuzzy.SetForegroundColour(wx.Colour(255, 142, 0))
             langBox.Add(tfuzzy)
-        except:
+        except KeyError:
             tfuzzy = StaticText(parent=par, id=wx.ID_ANY, label="")
             langBox.Add(tfuzzy)
         try:
@@ -607,7 +607,7 @@ def _langBox(self, par, k, v):
             )
             tbad.SetForegroundColour(wx.Colour(255, 0, 0))
             langBox.Add(tbad)
-        except:
+        except KeyError:
             tbad = StaticText(parent=par, id=wx.ID_ANY, label="")
             langBox.Add(tbad)
         return langBox
@@ -844,7 +844,7 @@ def fillContentsFromFile(self, htmlFile, skipDescription=True):
                             contents.append(line)
             self.SetPage("".join(contents))
             self.loaded = True
-        except:  # The Manual file was not found
+        except Exception:  # The Manual file was not found
             self.loaded = False
 
 
diff --git a/gui/wxpython/gui_core/gselect.py b/gui/wxpython/gui_core/gselect.py
index af71cc4f550..ec873f60eb4 100644
--- a/gui/wxpython/gui_core/gselect.py
+++ b/gui/wxpython/gui_core/gselect.py
@@ -484,7 +484,7 @@ def GetElementList(self, elements=None, exclude=False):
             try:
                 self.seltree.EnsureVisible(item)
                 self.seltree.SelectItem(item)
-            except:
+            except Exception:
                 pass
 
     def _getElementList(self, element, mapsets=None, elements=None, exclude=False):
diff --git a/gui/wxpython/gui_core/widgets.py b/gui/wxpython/gui_core/widgets.py
index 5f2582f9b1e..dc9041e3578 100644
--- a/gui/wxpython/gui_core/widgets.py
+++ b/gui/wxpython/gui_core/widgets.py
@@ -752,7 +752,7 @@ def _validate(self, win):
         if text:
             try:
                 datetime.strptime(text, "%Y-%m-%d")
-            except:
+            except ValueError:
                 self._notvalid()
                 return False