diff --git a/.pre-commit-hooks.yaml b/.pre-commit-hooks.yaml
index 7a3b380a..666a2452 100644
--- a/.pre-commit-hooks.yaml
+++ b/.pre-commit-hooks.yaml
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@
     description: 'Add # -*- coding: utf-8 -*- to the top of python files'
     types: [python]
 -   id: flake8
-    name: Flake8
+    name: Flake8 (deprecated, use gitlab.com/pycqa/flake8)
     description: This hook runs flake8.
     entry: flake8
     language: python
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 30f712df..ee62f2d2 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -107,9 +107,6 @@ Sort the lines in specified files (defaults to alphabetical).
 You must provide list of target files as input to it.
 Note that this hook WILL remove blank lines and does NOT respect any comments.
 
-#### `flake8`
-Run flake8 on your python files.
-
 #### `forbid-new-submodules`
 Prevent addition of new git submodules.
 
@@ -174,6 +171,7 @@ Trims trailing whitespace.
 - `autopep8-wrapper`: instead use
   [mirrors-autopep8](https://github.com/pre-commit/mirrors-autopep8)
 - `pyflakes`: instead use `flake8`
+- `flake8`: instead use [upstream flake8](https://gitlab.com/pycqa/flake8)
 
 ### As a standalone package