diff --git a/.flake8 b/.flake8
index 306a11fe02b..a5588997635 100644
--- a/.flake8
+++ b/.flake8
@@ -66,7 +66,6 @@ per-file-ignores =
     # TODO: Is this really needed?
     python/grass/pygrass/vector/__init__.py: E402
     python/grass/pygrass/raster/__init__.py: E402
-    python/grass/gunittest/invoker.py: E721
     python/grass/pygrass/vector/__init__.py: E402
     python/grass/pygrass/modules/interface/*.py: F401
     python/grass/pygrass/modules/grid/*.py: F401
@@ -82,13 +81,11 @@ per-file-ignores =
     python/grass/temporal/temporal_granularity.py: E722
     python/grass/temporal/temporal_raster_base_algebra.py: E722
     python/grass/temporal/temporal_topology_dataset_connector.py: E722
-    python/grass/temporal/univar_statistics.py: E231
     # Current benchmarks/tests are changing sys.path before import.
     # Possibly, a different approach should be taken there anyway.
     python/grass/pygrass/tests/benchmark.py: E402, F401, F821
     # Configuration file for Sphinx:
     # Ignoring import/code mix and line length.
-    python/grass/docs/conf.py: E402
     # Files not managed by Black
     python/grass/imaging/images2gif.py: E226
     # Unused imports in init files
diff --git a/python/grass/gunittest/invoker.py b/python/grass/gunittest/invoker.py
index f07e8dd5a84..2fe9c898b8b 100644
--- a/python/grass/gunittest/invoker.py
+++ b/python/grass/gunittest/invoker.py
@@ -244,7 +244,7 @@ def try_decode(data, encodings):
 
         Path(stdout_path).write_text(stdout)
         with open(stderr_path, "w") as stderr_file:
-            if type(stderr) == "bytes":
+            if isinstance(stderr, bytes):
                 stderr_file.write(decode(stderr))
             elif isinstance(stderr, str):
                 stderr_file.write(stderr)