diff --git a/.zuul.yaml b/.zuul.yaml
index 49d7347f..4dc45e6d 100644
--- a/.zuul.yaml
+++ b/.zuul.yaml
@@ -14,6 +14,12 @@
     pre-run: playbooks/tests/functional/pre.yml
     vars:
       tox_envlist: functional
+    irrelevant-files:
+      - ^.*\.rst$
+      - ^doc/.*$
+      - LICENSE
+      - ^releasenotes/.*$
+      - ^\.pre-commit-config\.yaml$
 
 - job:
     name: oslo.cache-functional-etcd3gw