diff --git a/test/sanity/ignore.txt b/test/sanity/ignore.txt
index 54aeb81c6fa..dc8fd0ee3f0 100644
--- a/test/sanity/ignore.txt
+++ b/test/sanity/ignore.txt
@@ -55,7 +55,6 @@ lib/ansible/module_utils/compat/selinux.py import-3.11!skip # pass/fail depends
 lib/ansible/module_utils/compat/selinux.py import-3.12!skip # pass/fail depends on presence of libselinux.so
 lib/ansible/module_utils/compat/selinux.py pylint:unidiomatic-typecheck
 lib/ansible/module_utils/distro/_distro.py no-assert
-lib/ansible/module_utils/distro/_distro.py pep8!skip # bundled code we don't want to modify
 lib/ansible/module_utils/distro/__init__.py empty-init # breaks namespacing, bundled, do not override
 lib/ansible/module_utils/facts/__init__.py empty-init # breaks namespacing, deprecate and eventually remove
 lib/ansible/module_utils/powershell/Ansible.ModuleUtils.ArgvParser.psm1 pslint:PSUseApprovedVerbs