diff --git a/packages/google-cloud-language/.flake8 b/packages/google-cloud-language/.flake8
index 25168dc87605..1f44a90f8195 100644
--- a/packages/google-cloud-language/.flake8
+++ b/packages/google-cloud-language/.flake8
@@ -1,5 +1,11 @@
 [flake8]
 exclude =
+  # Exclude generated code.
+  **/proto/**
+  **/gapic/**
+  *_pb2.py
+
+  # Standard linting exemptions.
   __pycache__,
   .git,
   *.pyc,
diff --git a/packages/google-cloud-language/nox.py b/packages/google-cloud-language/nox.py
index bf2a9412b92b..d87c38fcdaa9 100644
--- a/packages/google-cloud-language/nox.py
+++ b/packages/google-cloud-language/nox.py
@@ -99,16 +99,9 @@ def lint(session):
     serious code quality issues.
     """
     session.interpreter = 'python3.6'
-    session.install('flake8', 'pylint', 'gcp-devrel-py-tools', *LOCAL_DEPS)
+    session.install('flake8')
     session.install('.')
-    session.run('flake8', 'google/cloud/language')
-    session.run(
-        'gcp-devrel-py-tools', 'run-pylint',
-        '--config', 'pylint.config.py',
-        '--library-filesets', 'google',
-        '--test-filesets', 'tests',
-        # Temporarily allow this to fail.
-        success_codes=range(0, 100))
+    session.run('flake8', 'google', 'tests')
 
 
 @nox.session