diff --git a/prospector/tools/pep8/__init__.py b/prospector/tools/pep8/__init__.py
index <HASH>..<HASH> 100644
--- a/prospector/tools/pep8/__init__.py
+++ b/prospector/tools/pep8/__init__.py
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ class Pep8Tool(ToolBase):
             # Make sure pep8's code ignores are fully reset to zero before
             # adding prospector-flavoured configuration.
             # pylint: disable=W0201
-            self.checker.select = ()
+            self.checker.options.select = ()
             self.checker.options.ignore = tuple(prospector_config.get_disabled_messages('pep8'))
 
             if 'max-line-length' in prospector_config.tool_options('pep8'):
Forgot to fix the select option.