diff --git a/beat/core/hash.py b/beat/core/hash.py
index 189c732e64bd65a0bfaf73584f8a4a746fa98141..751c010aa5311b051f215e6b18def33b135f5ecb 100644
--- a/beat/core/hash.py
+++ b/beat/core/hash.py
@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@ def hashJSONStr(contents, description):
     """
 
     try:
-        return hashJSON(
+        return hashJSON(  # noqa
             simplejson.loads(contents, object_pairs_hook=collections.OrderedDict),
             description,
         )  # preserve order