diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 0edb30e0..990d75ca 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -16,3 +16,4 @@ docs/_build/
 mopidy.log*
 nosetests.xml
 xunit-*.xml
+tmp/
diff --git a/tasks.py b/tasks.py
index 977a4b9e..03249481 100644
--- a/tasks.py
+++ b/tasks.py
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ def test(path=None, coverage=False, watch=False, warn=False):
 def lint(watch=False, warn=False):
     if watch:
         return watcher(lint)
-    run('flake8 mopidy tests', warn=warn)
+    run('flake8 --exclude=tmp,.git,__pycache__', warn=warn)
 
 
 @task