diff --git a/.pre-commit-config.yaml b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
index 9af3f2e8a..3371148f1 100644
--- a/.pre-commit-config.yaml
+++ b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ repos:
     rev: 7.0.0  # The version of flake8 to use
     hooks:
     -  id: flake8
-       exclude: ^litellm/tests/|^litellm/proxy/proxy_cli.py|^litellm/proxy/tests/
+       exclude: ^litellm/proxy/tests/
        additional_dependencies: [flake8-print]
        files: litellm/.*\.py
 -   repo: local