diff --git a/util/lint/lint-stable-003-whitespace b/util/lint/lint-stable-003-whitespace
index 1a7dc7b2fe..f9b7891d7c 100755
--- a/util/lint/lint-stable-003-whitespace
+++ b/util/lint/lint-stable-003-whitespace
@@ -15,8 +15,8 @@
 # DESCR: Check for superfluous whitespace in the tree
 
 LC_ALL=C export LC_ALL
-EXCLUDELIST='^3rdparty|^src/vendorcode/|^util/kconfig/|^util/nvidia/cbootimage$|\<COPYING\>|\<LICENSE\>|\<README\>|_shipped$|\.patch$|\.bin$|\.hex$|\.jpg$|\.ttf$|\.woff$|\.png$|\.eot$|\.vbt$'
-INCLUDELIST="src util"
+EXCLUDELIST='^src/vendorcode/|^util/kconfig/|^util/nvidia/cbootimage$|COPYING|LICENSE|README|_shipped$|\.patch$|\.bin$|\.hex$|\.jpg$|\.ttf$|\.woff$|\.png$|\.eot$|\.vbt$|\.ico$'
+INCLUDELIST="src util payloads Makefile* toolchain.inc"
 
 # shellcheck disable=SC2086,SC2046
 if uname | grep -qi "linux"; then