diff --git a/dist/tools/vera++/check.sh b/dist/tools/vera++/check.sh
index 631e00f469..24d01b565b 100755
--- a/dist/tools/vera++/check.sh
+++ b/dist/tools/vera++/check.sh
@@ -12,6 +12,10 @@ CURDIR=$(cd "$(dirname "$0")" && pwd)
 : "${WARNING:=1}"
 
 . "$RIOTBASE"/dist/tools/ci/changed_files.sh
+# tests/pkg_utensor/models/deep_mlp_weight.hpp is an auto-generated file
+# with lots of commas so T009 takes very long. Since it is auto-generated, just
+# exclude it.
+EXCLUDE='^(.+/vendor/|dist/tools/coccinelle/include|dist/tools/fixdep/fixdep.c|dist/tools/lpc2k_pgm/src|tests/pkg_utensor/models)'
 FILES=$(changed_files)
 
 if [ -z "${FILES}" ]; then