diff --git a/.github/workflows/pypi.yml b/.github/workflows/pypi.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..4a1fe659
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/pypi.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+name: Publish Python Package to Pypi.org
+
+on:
+  release:
+    types: [published]
+
+permissions:
+  id-token: write
+
+jobs:
+  pypi-publish:
+    name: Release Python Package on Pypi.org
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    environment:
+      name: pypi
+      url: https://pypi.org/p/openwisp-utils
+    permissions:
+      id-token: write
+    steps:
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+    - name: Set up Python
+      uses: actions/setup-python@v5
+      with:
+        python-version: '3.10'
+    - name: Install dependencies
+      run: |
+        pip install -U pip
+        pip install build
+    - name: Build package
+      run: python -m build
+    - name: Publish package distributions to PyPI
+      uses: pypa/gh-action-pypi-publish@v1.9.0
diff --git a/openwisp_utils/metric_collection/migrations/0001_initial.py b/openwisp_utils/metric_collection/migrations/0001_initial.py
index 845a5da9..25152d14 100644
--- a/openwisp_utils/metric_collection/migrations/0001_initial.py
+++ b/openwisp_utils/metric_collection/migrations/0001_initial.py
@@ -45,7 +45,12 @@ class Migration(migrations.Migration):
                     "user_consented",
                     models.BooleanField(
                         default=True,
-                        help_text='Allow OpenWISP to collect and share anonymous usage metrics to improve the software. Before opting-out kindly consider reading <a href="https://openwisp.io/docs/user/usage-metric-collection.html" target="_blank">why we collect metrics</a>.',
+                        help_text=(
+                            'Allow OpenWISP to collect and share anonymous usage metrics to improve'
+                            ' the software. Before opting-out kindly consider reading'
+                            ' <a href="https://openwisp.io/docs/user/usage-metric-collection.html"'
+                            ' target="_blank">why we collect metrics</a>.'
+                        ),
                         verbose_name="Allow collecting anonymous usage metrics",
                     ),
                 ),
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index 386ce3d4..74312533 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -12,7 +12,4 @@ use_parentheses=True
 line_length=88
 
 [flake8]
-exclude = *migrations/0*,,
-	  ./tests/*settings*.py,
-	  ./*setup*.py
 max-line-length = 110
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index c7842fc3..bc4bbf2f 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -1,23 +1,7 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python
-import os
-import sys
-
 from openwisp_utils import get_version
 from setuptools import find_packages, setup
 
-if sys.argv[-1] == 'publish':
-    # delete any *.pyc, *.pyo and __pycache__
-    os.system('find . | grep -E "(__pycache__|\.pyc|\.pyo$)" | xargs rm -rf')
-    os.system("python setup.py sdist bdist_wheel")
-    os.system("twine upload -s dist/*")
-    os.system("rm -rf dist build")
-    args = {'version': get_version()}
-    print("You probably want to also tag the version now:")
-    print("  git tag -a %(version)s -m 'version %(version)s'" % args)
-    print("  git push --tags")
-    sys.exit()
-
-
 setup(
     name='openwisp-utils',
     version=get_version(),
diff --git a/tests/openwisp2/settings.py b/tests/openwisp2/settings.py
index 44bea680..17d4e58a 100644
--- a/tests/openwisp2/settings.py
+++ b/tests/openwisp2/settings.py
@@ -131,6 +131,6 @@
 
 # local settings must be imported before test runner otherwise they'll be ignored
 try:
-    from local_settings import *
+    from local_settings import *  # noqa
 except ImportError:
     pass