diff --git a/.flake8 b/.flake8
index d404e7fd..a35f75e0 100644
--- a/.flake8
+++ b/.flake8
@@ -8,8 +8,11 @@ rst-roles = class,const,func,meth,mod,ref
 rst-directives = deprecated
 
 per-file-ignores =
-    # prefer naming tests descriptively rather than forcing comments
-    spiffworkflow-backend/tests/*:S101,D103
+    # asserts are ok in tests
+    spiffworkflow-backend/tests/*:S101
+
+    # prefer naming functions descriptively rather than forcing comments
+    spiffworkflow-backend/*:D103
 
     spiffworkflow-backend/bin/keycloak_test_server.py:B950,D
     spiffworkflow-backend/conftest.py:S105
diff --git a/bin/run_pyl b/bin/run_pyl
index bceba187..20953cb4 100755
--- a/bin/run_pyl
+++ b/bin/run_pyl
@@ -31,12 +31,6 @@ function get_python_dirs() {
   (git ls-tree -r HEAD --name-only | grep -E '\.py$' | awk -F '/' '{print $1}' | sort | uniq | grep -v '\.' | grep -Ev '^(bin|migrations)$') || echo ''
 }
 
-function run_fix_docstrings() {
-  if command -v fix_python_docstrings >/dev/null ; then
-    fix_python_docstrings $(get_top_level_directories_containing_python_files)
-  fi
-}
-
 function run_autoflake() {
   # checking command -v autoflake8 is not good enough, since the asdf shim may be installed, which will make command -v succeed,
   # but autoflake8 may not have been pip installed inside the correct version of python.
@@ -79,7 +73,6 @@ done
 for python_project in "${python_projects[@]}" ; do
   if [[ "$subcommand" != "pre" ]] || [[ -n "$(git status --porcelain "$python_project")" ]]; then
     pushd "$python_project"
-    run_fix_docstrings || run_fix_docstrings
     run_autoflake || run_autoflake
     popd
   fi
diff --git a/spiffworkflow-backend/.flake8 b/spiffworkflow-backend/.flake8
index 1cc09c97..481ae8d3 100644
--- a/spiffworkflow-backend/.flake8
+++ b/spiffworkflow-backend/.flake8
@@ -8,8 +8,11 @@ rst-roles = class,const,func,meth,mod,ref
 rst-directives = deprecated
 
 per-file-ignores =
-    # prefer naming tests descriptively rather than forcing comments
-    tests/*:S101,D103
+    # asserts are ok in tests
+    tests/*:S101
+
+    # prefer naming functions descriptively rather than forcing comments
+    *:D103
 
     bin/keycloak_test_server.py:B950,D
     conftest.py:S105
diff --git a/spiffworkflow-backend/src/spiffworkflow_backend/routes/user.py b/spiffworkflow-backend/src/spiffworkflow_backend/routes/user.py
index 5a3aa53d..9182d99f 100644
--- a/spiffworkflow-backend/src/spiffworkflow_backend/routes/user.py
+++ b/spiffworkflow-backend/src/spiffworkflow_backend/routes/user.py
@@ -303,7 +303,6 @@ def login_api() -> Response:
 
 
 def login_api_return(code: str, state: str, session_state: str) -> str:
-    """Login_api_return."""
     state_dict = ast.literal_eval(base64.b64decode(state).decode("utf-8"))
     state_dict["redirect_url"]