diff --git a/.github/workflows/linux-old.yml b/.github/workflows/linux-old.yml
index 5b8f92f03b..99d7a7da77 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/linux-old.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/linux-old.yml
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ name: 'Old Linux'
     branches:
       - master
       - '*/ci'
-    paths-ignore:
+    paths-ignore: &shared_paths
       - '**/*.md'
       - '.circleci/**'
       - 'appveyor.*'
@@ -35,15 +35,7 @@ name: 'Old Linux'
   pull_request:
     branches:
       - master
-    paths-ignore:
-      - '**/*.md'
-      - '.circleci/**'
-      - 'appveyor.*'
-      - 'Dockerfile'
-      - 'packages/**'
-      - 'plan9/**'
-      - 'projects/**'
-      - 'winbuild/**'
+    paths-ignore: *shared_paths
 
 permissions: {}
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/linux.yml b/.github/workflows/linux.yml
index be0468ff8d..a38156e371 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/linux.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/linux.yml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ name: 'Linux'
     branches:
       - master
       - '*/ci'
-    paths-ignore:
+    paths-ignore: &shared_paths
       - '**/*.md'
       - '.circleci/**'
       - 'appveyor.*'
@@ -21,15 +21,7 @@ name: 'Linux'
   pull_request:
     branches:
       - master
-    paths-ignore:
-      - '**/*.md'
-      - '.circleci/**'
-      - 'appveyor.*'
-      - 'Dockerfile'
-      - 'packages/**'
-      - 'plan9/**'
-      - 'projects/**'
-      - 'winbuild/**'
+    paths-ignore: *shared_paths
 
 concurrency:
   group: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.event.pull_request.number || github.sha }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/macos.yml b/.github/workflows/macos.yml
index cdb6de2834..dc364628e6 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/macos.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/macos.yml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ name: 'macOS'
     branches:
       - master
       - '*/ci'
-    paths-ignore:
+    paths-ignore: &shared_paths
       - '**/*.md'
       - '.circleci/**'
       - 'appveyor.*'
@@ -21,15 +21,7 @@ name: 'macOS'
   pull_request:
     branches:
       - master
-    paths-ignore:
-      - '**/*.md'
-      - '.circleci/**'
-      - 'appveyor.*'
-      - 'Dockerfile'
-      - 'packages/**'
-      - 'plan9/**'
-      - 'projects/**'
-      - 'winbuild/**'
+    paths-ignore: *shared_paths
 
 concurrency:
   group: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.event.pull_request.number || github.sha }}