diff --git a/zuul.d/base.yaml b/zuul.d/base.yaml
index fc74c2e..a400a92 100644
--- a/zuul.d/base.yaml
+++ b/zuul.d/base.yaml
@@ -17,10 +17,15 @@
     timeout: 1800
     irrelevant-files:
       - ^.*\.rst$
-      - ^doc/.*
-      - ^releasenotes/.*
-      - ^setup.cfg$
-      - ^tox.ini$
+      - ^doc/
+      - ^releasenotes/
+      - ^setup\.cfg$
+      - ^setup\.py$
+      - ^tenks/
+      - ^test-requirements\.txt$
+      - ^tests/
+      - ^tox\.ini$
+      - ^zuul\.d/
 
 - job:
     name: tenks-deploy-teardown-ovs-bios-base
diff --git a/zuul.d/jobs.yaml b/zuul.d/jobs.yaml
index 6772860..040d567 100644
--- a/zuul.d/jobs.yaml
+++ b/zuul.d/jobs.yaml
@@ -6,6 +6,12 @@
     parent: openstack-tox
     vars:
       tox_envlist: alint
+    irrelevant-files:
+      - ^.*\.rst$
+      - ^doc/
+      - ^releasenotes/
+      - ^tests/
+      - ^zuul\.d/
 
 - job:
     name: tenks-deploy-teardown-ovs-bios-centos8s