diff --git a/.pre-commit-config.yaml b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
index de6062e18..d9eb52611 100644
--- a/.pre-commit-config.yaml
+++ b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ repos:
   rev: 7.0.0
   hooks:
   - id: flake8
+    exclude: 'scripts/sphinx-app.py'
     args: [--config=lib/esbonio/setup.cfg]
 
 - repo: https://github.com/pycqa/isort
diff --git a/scripts/sphinx-app.py b/scripts/sphinx-app.py
index daedf0e22..eaf0954ab 100644
--- a/scripts/sphinx-app.py
+++ b/scripts/sphinx-app.py
@@ -29,11 +29,12 @@
 >>> app
 <sphinx.application.Sphinx object at 0x7f0ad0fdb5b0>
 """
+import inspect
 import pathlib
+import time
 
-from sphinx.application import Sphinx
-
-from esbonio.lsp.sphinx import SphinxLanguageServer
+from esbonio.sphinx_agent import types
+from esbonio.sphinx_agent.app import Sphinx
 
 root = pathlib.Path(__file__).parent.parent
 
@@ -46,5 +47,3 @@
     freshenv=True,  # Have Sphinx reload everything on first build.
 )
 app.build()
-ls = SphinxLanguageServer()
-ls.app = app