diff --git a/.pre-commit-config.yaml b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
index 2f80070ebe..7cbc826751 100644
--- a/.pre-commit-config.yaml
+++ b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ repos:
         name: Check if all apps readme files match given .build-test-rules.yml files. Modify the supported target tables
         entry: tools/ci/check_build_test_rules.py check-readmes
         language: python
-        files: 'tools/test_apps/.+|examples/.+|components/.+|tools/idf_py_actions/constants.py|tools/ci/check_build_test_rules.py'
+        files: 'tools/.+|examples/.+|components/.+'
         require_serial: true
         additional_dependencies:
           - PyYAML == 5.3.1
diff --git a/tools/ci/check_build_test_rules.py b/tools/ci/check_build_test_rules.py
index 923028173c..8c029c6aa4 100755
--- a/tools/ci/check_build_test_rules.py
+++ b/tools/ci/check_build_test_rules.py
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python
-# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2022-2025 Espressif Systems (Shanghai) CO LTD
+# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2022-2026 Espressif Systems (Shanghai) CO LTD
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
 import argparse
 import os
@@ -336,14 +336,12 @@ if __name__ == '__main__':
 
     if check_all:
         check_dirs = {IDF_PATH}
-        _exclude_dirs = [
-            os.path.join(IDF_PATH, 'tools', 'test_build_system', 'build_test_app'),
-            os.path.join(IDF_PATH, 'tools', 'test_build_system', 'buildv2_test_app'),
-            os.path.join(IDF_PATH, 'tools', 'templates', 'sample_project'),
-            os.path.join(IDF_PATH, 'tools', 'cmakev2', 'test'),
-        ]
-    else:
-        _exclude_dirs = [os.path.join(IDF_PATH, 'tools', 'templates', 'sample_project')]
+
+    _exclude_dirs = [
+        os.path.join(IDF_PATH, 'tools', 'test_build_system'),
+        os.path.join(IDF_PATH, 'tools', 'templates', 'sample_project'),
+        os.path.join(IDF_PATH, 'tools', 'cmakev2', 'test'),
+    ]
 
     _bypass_targets: list[str] = []
     if arg.config: