diff --git a/dist/tools/ci/changed_files.sh b/dist/tools/ci/changed_files.sh
index 0ee5605e64f7ae25f07e71c5a7cb6b77fafef6a0..02f8ba31a3d71604d970e9d09c646bc3e0f06aa3 100644
--- a/dist/tools/ci/changed_files.sh
+++ b/dist/tools/ci/changed_files.sh
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 
 changed_files() {
     : ${FILEREGEX:='\.([CcHh]|[ch]pp)$'}
-    : ${EXCLUDE:='^(.+/include/vendor/|dist/tools/coccinelle/include|boards/common/msba2/tools/src)'}
+    : ${EXCLUDE:='^(.+/vendor/|dist/tools/coccinelle/include|boards/common/msba2/tools/src)'}
     : ${DIFFFILTER:='ACMR'}
 
     DIFFFILTER="--diff-filter=${DIFFFILTER}"
diff --git a/dist/tools/whitespacecheck/check.sh b/dist/tools/whitespacecheck/check.sh
index ed803e0e1461a9498c69552b10dd5e11d6fe08ed..097330ed27e2c385aba20238f11f70847d8c017c 100755
--- a/dist/tools/whitespacecheck/check.sh
+++ b/dist/tools/whitespacecheck/check.sh
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 # General Public License v2.1. See the file LICENSE in the top level
 # directory for more details.
 
-NOVENDOR=":!*/include/vendor/*"
+NOVENDOR=":!*/vendor/*"
 
 # If no branch but an option is given, unset BRANCH.
 # Otherwise, consume this parameter.