diff --git a/.github/workflows/test-and-deploy-ipv4only.yaml b/.github/workflows/test-and-deploy-ipv4only.yaml
index f3e9eda9..3871f73b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test-and-deploy-ipv4only.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test-and-deploy-ipv4only.yaml
@@ -70,9 +70,6 @@ jobs:
           rsync -avz dkimkeys-restore/dkimkeys root@staging-ipv4.testrun.org:/etc/ || true
           ssh -o StrictHostKeyChecking=accept-new -v root@staging-ipv4.testrun.org chown root:root -R /var/lib/acme || true
 
-      - name: run formatting checks 
-        run: cmdeploy fmt -v 
-
       - name: run deploy-chatmail offline tests 
         run: pytest --pyargs cmdeploy 
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/test-and-deploy.yaml b/.github/workflows/test-and-deploy.yaml
index 53aa79a8..c78923e4 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test-and-deploy.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test-and-deploy.yaml
@@ -70,9 +70,6 @@ jobs:
           rsync -avz dkimkeys-restore/dkimkeys root@staging2.testrun.org:/etc/ || true
           ssh -o StrictHostKeyChecking=accept-new -v root@staging2.testrun.org chown root:root -R /var/lib/acme || true
 
-      - name: run formatting checks 
-        run: cmdeploy fmt -v 
-
       - name: run deploy-chatmail offline tests 
         run: pytest --pyargs cmdeploy 
 
diff --git a/chatmaild/pyproject.toml b/chatmaild/pyproject.toml
index 3c3302c4..28dac0ca 100644
--- a/chatmaild/pyproject.toml
+++ b/chatmaild/pyproject.toml
@@ -48,6 +48,9 @@ lint.select = [
   "PLE", # Pylint Error
   "PLW", # Pylint Warning
 ]
+lint.ignore = [
+  "PLC0415" # import-outside-top-level
+]
 
 [tool.tox]
 legacy_tox_ini = """
diff --git a/cmdeploy/pyproject.toml b/cmdeploy/pyproject.toml
index 2a33052d..9f2257b5 100644
--- a/cmdeploy/pyproject.toml
+++ b/cmdeploy/pyproject.toml
@@ -41,3 +41,6 @@ lint.select = [
   "PLE", # Pylint Error
   "PLW", # Pylint Warning
 ]
+lint.ignore = [
+  "PLC0415" # import-outside-top-level
+]
diff --git a/cmdeploy/src/cmdeploy/__init__.py b/cmdeploy/src/cmdeploy/__init__.py
index ad8c72b9..73325654 100644
--- a/cmdeploy/src/cmdeploy/__init__.py
+++ b/cmdeploy/src/cmdeploy/__init__.py
@@ -458,11 +458,7 @@ def check_config(config):
 
 def deploy_mtail(config):
     # Uninstall mtail package, we are going to install a static binary.
-    apt.packages(
-        name="Uninstall mtail",
-        packages=["mtail"],
-        present=False
-    )
+    apt.packages(name="Uninstall mtail", packages=["mtail"], present=False)
 
     (url, sha256sum) = {
         "x86_64": (