diff --git a/.gitattributes b/.gitattributes
index 6e6a3da8..6ccbee3d 100644
--- a/.gitattributes
+++ b/.gitattributes
@@ -6,4 +6,3 @@
 
 # Enable binary delta compression for PNG files
 *.png -delta
-
diff --git a/.pre-commit-config.yaml b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
index 605efde9..9248b113 100644
--- a/.pre-commit-config.yaml
+++ b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
@@ -1,9 +1,4 @@
 repos:
-  - repo: https://github.com/psf/black
-    rev: 24.4.2
-    hooks:
-      - id: black
-
   - repo: https://github.com/astral-sh/ruff-pre-commit
     # Ruff version.
     rev: v0.5.0
diff --git a/web/dashboard/main_dashboard.py b/web/dashboard/main_dashboard.py
index 102737cf..c98beab8 100644
--- a/web/dashboard/main_dashboard.py
+++ b/web/dashboard/main_dashboard.py
@@ -496,23 +496,23 @@ def updated_echart_plot(self):
             if splitting_var == "affiliation_country":
                 splitting_var_filter = self.filter_affiliation_country
                 splitting_var_column = "affiliation_country"
-                splitting_var_query = lambda cell, selected_item: selected_item in cell
+                splitting_var_query = lambda cell, selected_item: selected_item in cell  # noqa: E731
 
             elif splitting_var == "funder":
                 splitting_var_filter = self.filter_funder
                 splitting_var_column = "funder"
-                splitting_var_query = lambda cell, selected_item: selected_item in cell
+                splitting_var_query = lambda cell, selected_item: selected_item in cell  # noqa: E731
 
             elif splitting_var == "data_tags":
                 splitting_var_filter = self.filter_tags
                 splitting_var_column = "data_tags"
-                splitting_var_query = lambda cell, selected_item: selected_item in cell
+                splitting_var_query = lambda cell, selected_item: selected_item in cell  # noqa: E731
 
             else:
                 print("Defaulting to splitting var 'journal' ")
                 splitting_var_filter = self.filter_journal
                 splitting_var_column = "journal"
-                splitting_var_query = lambda cell, selected_item: cell == selected_item
+                splitting_var_query = lambda cell, selected_item: cell == selected_item  # noqa: E731
 
             last_year_values = {}
             for selected_item in sorted(splitting_var_filter):