diff --git a/.github/workflows/pylint.yml b/.github/workflows/pylint.yml
index 87cacf5..1ff0e2b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pylint.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pylint.yml
@@ -24,4 +24,4 @@ jobs:
         python3 -m unittest -v tests/test_install.py
     - name: Analysing the code with pylint
       run: |
-        pylint $(git ls-files '*.py')
+        pylint $(git ls-files 'v4l2/*.py' 'tests/*.py')
diff --git a/.pylintrc b/.pylintrc
index c7799e6..b48aa7a 100644
--- a/.pylintrc
+++ b/.pylintrc
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ ignore=CVS
 
 # Add files or directories matching the regex patterns to the ignore-list. The
 # regex matches against paths and can be in Posix or Windows format.
-ignore-paths=v4l2/uapi/v4l2.py,v4l2/uapi/ctypes_preamble.py,extra/,utils/
+ignore-paths=v4l2/uapi/v4l2.py,v4l2/uapi/ctypes_preamble.py,extra/
 
 # Files or directories matching the regex patterns are skipped. The regex
 # matches against base names, not paths.