diff --git a/.pre-commit-config.yaml b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
index f3158e64df8dd..aecabcce4e9d8 100644
--- a/.pre-commit-config.yaml
+++ b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
@@ -95,7 +95,6 @@ repos:
             |^pandas/util/_test_decorators\.py  # keep excluded
             |^pandas/_version\.py  # keep excluded
             |^pandas/conftest\.py  # keep excluded
-            |^pandas/core/generic\.py
         args: [--disable=all, --enable=redefined-outer-name]
         stages: [manual]
 -   repo: https://github.com/PyCQA/isort