diff --git a/dist/tools/codespell/check.sh b/dist/tools/codespell/check.sh
index aeb088f90e..76e2b1fa7c 100755
--- a/dist/tools/codespell/check.sh
+++ b/dist/tools/codespell/check.sh
@@ -23,8 +23,7 @@ cd $RIOTBASE
 . "${RIOTTOOLS}"/ci/changed_files.sh
 
 FILEREGEX='\.([CcHh]|[ch]pp|sh|py|md|txt)$'
-EXCLUDE='^(.+/vendor/)'
-FILES=$(FILEREGEX=${FILEREGEX} EXCLUDE=${EXCLUDE} changed_files)
+FILES=$(FILEREGEX=${FILEREGEX} changed_files)
 
 if [ -z "${FILES}" ]; then
     exit 0
diff --git a/dist/tools/vera++/check.sh b/dist/tools/vera++/check.sh
index 65356accaa..631e00f469 100755
--- a/dist/tools/vera++/check.sh
+++ b/dist/tools/vera++/check.sh
@@ -12,9 +12,7 @@ CURDIR=$(cd "$(dirname "$0")" && pwd)
 : "${WARNING:=1}"
 
 . "$RIOTBASE"/dist/tools/ci/changed_files.sh
-FILEREGEX='\.([CcHh]|[ch]pp)$'
-EXCLUDE='^(.+/vendor/)'
-FILES=$(FILEREGEX=${FILEREGEX} EXCLUDE=${EXCLUDE} changed_files)
+FILES=$(changed_files)
 
 if [ -z "${FILES}" ]; then
     exit 0