diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index 8ed5c8aa39..774e3e672a 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -116,11 +116,8 @@ commands =
 description = Check spelling with shellcheck
 labels = lint
 skip_install = true
-allowlist_externals = bash
-commands =
-    bash -c "find . \( -name .git -o -name gradlew -o -name .tox -o -name .ruff_cache -o \
-    -path ./tests/spread/tools/snapd-testing-tools \) -prune -o -print0 | xargs -0 file -N \
-    | grep shell.script | cut -f1 -d: | xargs shellcheck"
+allowlist_externals = bash, git
+commands = bash -c "git ls-files | file --mime-type -Nnf- | grep shellscript | cut -f1 -d: | xargs shellcheck"
 
 [testenv:spread-shellcheck]
 description = Run shellcheck on spread's test.yaml files using spread-shellcheck.py
diff --git a/tests/spread/plugins/v1/gradle/snaps/gradlew-hello/gradlew b/tests/spread/plugins/v1/gradle/snaps/gradlew-hello/gradlew
index 27309d9231..23d6786470 100755
--- a/tests/spread/plugins/v1/gradle/snaps/gradlew-hello/gradlew
+++ b/tests/spread/plugins/v1/gradle/snaps/gradlew-hello/gradlew
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
 
+# shellcheck disable=all
+
 ##############################################################################
 ##
 ##  Gradle start up script for UN*X