diff --git a/.pre-commit-config.yaml b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
index b9d333f152..0a11e4204b 100644
--- a/.pre-commit-config.yaml
+++ b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
@@ -52,7 +52,6 @@ repos:
             "--output-format=github",
             # "--load-plugins=pylint.extensions.docparams", We're not ready for that
           ]
-        exclude: tests/testdata|conf.py
   - repo: https://github.com/pre-commit/mirrors-mypy
     rev: v1.11.2
     hooks:
diff --git a/pylintrc b/pylintrc
index 76aa73716c..0ae1e4d4a1 100644
--- a/pylintrc
+++ b/pylintrc
@@ -11,6 +11,12 @@
 # paths.
 ignore=CVS
 
+# Add files or directories matching the regular expressions patterns to the
+# ignore-list. The regex matches against paths and can be in Posix or Windows
+# format. Because '\\' represents the directory delimiter on Windows systems,
+# it can't be used as an escape character.
+ignore-paths=doc/conf.py,tests/testdata/
+
 # Pickle collected data for later comparisons.
 persistent=yes