diff --git a/.pre-commit-config.yaml b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
index 1eaedd5e..09326ab1 100644
--- a/.pre-commit-config.yaml
+++ b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@ repos:
     rev: 21.9b0
     hooks:
       - id: black
-        language_version: python3.8
 -   repo: https://gitlab.com/pycqa/flake8
     rev: 3.9.2
     hooks: