diff --git a/python/dune/perftool/options.py b/python/dune/perftool/options.py
index f186a324e869cd4f7ced288f0a24aaab527055f4..9376c6b3744de7d2dc83208001db17a815a7ac11 100644
--- a/python/dune/perftool/options.py
+++ b/python/dune/perftool/options.py
@@ -56,9 +56,6 @@ class PerftoolGlobalOptionsArray(ImmutableRecord):
     max_vector_width = PerftoolOption(default=256, helpstr=None)
     parallel = PerftoolOption(default=False, helpstr="Mark that this program should be run in parallel. If set to true the c++ code will check that there are more than 1 MPI-ranks involved and the error computation will use communication.")
 
-    #TODO: should be form specific
-    operator_file = PerftoolOption(helpstr="The filename for the generated local operator header")
-
 
 class PerftoolFormOptionsArray(ImmutableRecord):
     """ A collection of form-specific form compiler arguments """
diff --git a/python/dune/perftool/pdelab/driver/__init__.py b/python/dune/perftool/pdelab/driver/__init__.py
index f8ec2059d32fc7dc6b6b37569733b74941fe6895..d0241f5378b42f52b561bb5fd0c4c58ca3e7b0f4 100644
--- a/python/dune/perftool/pdelab/driver/__init__.py
+++ b/python/dune/perftool/pdelab/driver/__init__.py
@@ -25,9 +25,10 @@ from dune.perftool.options import (get_form_option,
 
 #
 # The following functions are not doing anything useful, but providing easy access
-# to quantities that are needed throughout the process of generating the driver! 
+# to quantities that are needed throughout the process of generating the driver!
 #
 
+
 def get_form_ident():
     idents = [i.strip() for i in get_option("operators").split(",")]
     if len(idents) == 2:
diff --git a/python/dune/perftool/pdelab/quadrature.py b/python/dune/perftool/pdelab/quadrature.py
index d0350d4b33c65156e1dfda3395ea5c08bb83338b..19339acfd315038f8e7d03ed8409265084fad2f4 100644
--- a/python/dune/perftool/pdelab/quadrature.py
+++ b/python/dune/perftool/pdelab/quadrature.py
@@ -179,6 +179,7 @@ def name_quadrature_weights():
 
     return name
 
+
 def _estimate_quadrature_order():
     """Estimate quadrature order using polynomial degree estimation from UFL"""
     # According to UFL documentation estimate_total_polynomial_degree