diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 94f3881978a161f6c485b8e7635bdaf536bdc0d8..1d2cda63921aceffe438588f6109d879bee94120 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ run-tests:
     - mypy gajim
     - scripts/dev/pylint-ci.sh --jobs=2 gajim
     - python3 -m unittest discover -s test/no_gui -v
-    - codespell -I codespell.conf gajim
+    - codespell -I codespell.conf --skip="*__pycache__*,gajim/data/icons,gajim/data/sounds,gajim/data/emoticons" gajim
     - deactivate
     - rm -rf civenv-master