diff --git a/util/lint/lint-000-license-headers b/util/lint/lint-000-license-headers
index 103c1f0de8..43be380025 100755
--- a/util/lint/lint-000-license-headers
+++ b/util/lint/lint-000-license-headers
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ EXAMPLE|\
 \.jpg$|\
 \.cksum$|\
 \.bin$|\
+\.vbt$|\
 \.hex$|\
 \.patch$|\
 _shipped$|\
diff --git a/util/lint/lint-extended-015-final-newlines b/util/lint/lint-extended-015-final-newlines
index 5c60ddf54d..4ddd00bf74 100755
--- a/util/lint/lint-extended-015-final-newlines
+++ b/util/lint/lint-extended-015-final-newlines
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 LC_ALL=C export LC_ALL
 
 EXCLUDED_DIRS='src/vendorcode/\|util/romcc/\|cbfstool/lzma/\|cbfstool/lz4/\|Documentation/\|build/\|3rdparty/\|\.git/\|coreboot-builds/\|util/nvidia/cbootimage/'
-EXCLUDED_FILES='\.jpg$\|\.cksum$\|\.bin$\|\.hex$\|\.ico$\|\.o$\|\.bz2$\|\.xz$\|^.tmpconfig\|\.pyc$\|_shipped$\|sha256$\|\.png$\|\.patch$'
+EXCLUDED_FILES='\.jpg$\|\.cksum$\|\.bin$\|\.vbt$\|\.hex$\|\.ico$\|\.o$\|\.bz2$\|\.xz$\|^.tmpconfig\|\.pyc$\|_shipped$\|sha256$\|\.png$\|\.patch$'
 
 # Use git ls-files if the code is in a git repo, otherwise use find.
 if [ -n "$(command -v git)" ] && \
diff --git a/util/lint/lint-stable-003-whitespace b/util/lint/lint-stable-003-whitespace
index 9352117c4b..d749f3700e 100755
--- a/util/lint/lint-stable-003-whitespace
+++ b/util/lint/lint-stable-003-whitespace
@@ -15,5 +15,5 @@
 # DESCR: Check for superfluous whitespace in the tree
 
 LC_ALL=C export LC_ALL
-grep -l "[[:space:]][[:space:]]*$" `git ls-files src util |egrep -v "(^3rdparty|^src/vendorcode/|^util/kconfig/|^util/nvidia/cbootimage$|\<COPYING\>|\<LICENSE\>|\<README\>|_shipped$|\.patch$|\.bin$|\.hex$|\.jpg$|\.ttf$|\.woff$|\.png$|\.eot$)"` | \
+grep -l "[[:space:]][[:space:]]*$" `git ls-files src util |egrep -v "(^3rdparty|^src/vendorcode/|^util/kconfig/|^util/nvidia/cbootimage$|\<COPYING\>|\<LICENSE\>|\<README\>|_shipped$|\.patch$|\.bin$|\.hex$|\.jpg$|\.ttf$|\.woff$|\.png$|\.eot$|\.vbt$)"` | \
 	sed -e "s,^.*$,File & has lines ending with whitespace.,"
diff --git a/util/lint/lint-stable-009-old-licenses b/util/lint/lint-stable-009-old-licenses
index fdc76aa543..6e6dc1cb61 100755
--- a/util/lint/lint-stable-009-old-licenses
+++ b/util/lint/lint-stable-009-old-licenses
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ HEADER_EXCLUDED="\
 \.jpg$|\
 \.cksum$|\
 \.bin$|\
+\.vbt$|\
 \.hex$|\
 \.patch$|\
 _shipped$|\