diff --git a/.azure-pipelines.yml b/.azure-pipelines.yml
index 49fc34fbf23..5673bb76afb 100644
--- a/.azure-pipelines.yml
+++ b/.azure-pipelines.yml
@@ -64,7 +64,8 @@ stages:
       # If grep succeeds and finds a match the test fails as we should
       # have no matches.
       - script: git grep -E '^#[[:blank:]]*(define|undef)[[:blank:]]*CONFIG_'
-                  include/configs `find arch -name config.h` && exit 1 || exit 0
+                  :^doc/ :^arch/arm/dts/ :^scripts/kconfig/lkc.h
+                  :^include/linux/kconfig.h :^tools/ && exit 1 || exit 0
 
   - job: cppcheck
     displayName: 'Static code analysis with cppcheck'
diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 398fa2b45e2..aaf9d25abfc 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -131,7 +131,8 @@ check for new CONFIG symbols outside Kconfig:
     # If grep succeeds and finds a match the test fails as we should
     # have no matches.
     - git grep -E '^#[[:blank:]]*(define|undef)[[:blank:]]*CONFIG_'
-        include/configs `find arch -name config.h` && exit 1 || exit 0
+        :^doc/ :^arch/arm/dts/ :^scripts/kconfig/lkc.h
+        :^include/linux/kconfig.h :^tools/ && exit 1 || exit 0
 
 # QA jobs for code analytics
 # static code analysis with cppcheck (we can add --enable=all later)