diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index ab57a03..5bcc432 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -49,20 +49,3 @@ jobs:
       # - name: Upload coverage to coveralls
       #   run: |
       #     coveralls
-
-  lint:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-
-    steps:
-    - uses: actions/checkout@v4
-
-    - name: Set up Python 3.12
-      uses: actions/setup-python@v5
-      with:
-        python-version: '3.12'
-
-    - name: Install tox and flake8 packages
-      run: pip install tox tox-gh-actions flake8
-
-    - name: Lint
-      run: tox -e flake8
diff --git a/.github/workflows/prek.yml b/.github/workflows/prek.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..be7d6d9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/prek.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+name: Check pre-commit hooks
+
+on: [push, pull_request]
+
+jobs:
+  prek:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
+    steps:
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v5.0.0
+    - uses: j178/prek-action@v1.0.11
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index aa0c507..c57b4e2 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python
 
-import io
 import os
 import re
 import sys
@@ -41,7 +40,7 @@ def read(fname, fail_silently=False):
             filepath = os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), fname)
             with open(filepath, encoding="utf8") as f:
                 return f.read()
-        except:
+        except Exception:
             if not fail_silently:
                 raise
             return ""
@@ -65,7 +64,7 @@ def extra_requirements(cls, glob_pattern):
         pattern = os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), glob_pattern)
         requirements = {}
         for path in glob.glob(pattern):
-            name = path[len(before) : -len(after)]
+            name = path[len(before): -len(after)]
             requirements[name] = cls.requirements(path)
         return requirements