diff --git a/qa_check.sh b/qa_check.sh
index 363454cc4..0015ab373 100755
--- a/qa_check.sh
+++ b/qa_check.sh
@@ -4,4 +4,4 @@
 
 ./manage.py check
 flake8 --exclude='ipython_log.py*,migrations' .
-isort --check-only -rc .
+isort --check-only --skip='migrations' --skip='ipython_log.py' -rc .
diff --git a/test_and_qa_check.sh b/test_and_qa_check.sh
index 1678c7da7..c7a01989b 100755
--- a/test_and_qa_check.sh
+++ b/test_and_qa_check.sh
@@ -2,7 +2,5 @@
 
 # QA checks: run this before every commit
 
-./manage.py check
 py.test
-flake8 --exclude='ipython_log.py*,migrations' .
-isort --check-only -rc .
+./qa_check.sh