diff --git a/.github/workflows/checksrc.yml b/.github/workflows/checksrc.yml
index 3bd024c433..612999e711 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/checksrc.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/checksrc.yml
@@ -75,8 +75,8 @@ jobs:
             --skip src/tool_hugehelp.c \
             --skip scripts/wcurl \
             --ignore-words .github/scripts/codespell-ignore.txt \
-            --skip '*/test*,THANKS' \
-            .github CMake docs include lib m4 packages plan9 projects scripts src tests
+            --skip '*/test*,*/THANKS,*/spellcheck.words,packages/*' \
+            $(git ls-files)
 
       - name: 'cmakelint'
         run: scripts/cmakelint.sh