diff --git a/.stickler.yml b/.stickler.yml
index fc165161fd4..d708ec10ec1 100644
--- a/.stickler.yml
+++ b/.stickler.yml
@@ -1,10 +1,8 @@
 linters:
   flake8:
     max-line-length: 79
-    fixer: true
+    fixer: false
     ignore: I002
     exclude:
-      - 'doc/'
+      - doc/*
   py3k:
-fixers:
-  enable: true