diff --git a/scripts/.sourcery.yaml b/scripts/.sourcery.yaml
index c1a57e401de3feef5953511c768bbfe4a1447078..5c7000a430e212c49bedf9f1e6905414cc7bf945 100644
--- a/scripts/.sourcery.yaml
+++ b/scripts/.sourcery.yaml
@@ -46,7 +46,6 @@ rule_settings:
   - simplify-constant-sum
   - simplify-fstring-formatting
   - simplify-generator
-  - use-assigned-variable
 
   rule_types:
   - refactoring
diff --git a/scripts/update_submodule.py b/scripts/update_submodule.py
index e184ad1ded29152c5fe49894a37537d6a56fcfdc..4e047c8144167facc198bc990a5286c681387d1a 100755
--- a/scripts/update_submodule.py
+++ b/scripts/update_submodule.py
@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ def get_submodule_integration_branch_suffix(submodule_project: Project, revision
     # Find out if top commit is part of a merge request
     # If so, use source branch of this MR as integration branch name
     # Else use commit sha instead
+    # sourcery skip: use-assigned-variable
     integration_branch_suffix = revision
     for mr in submodule_project.commits.get(revision).merge_requests():
         if mr["target_branch"] == submodule_project.default_branch: