diff --git a/.licenserc.yaml b/.licenserc.yaml
index c1f81090b..60488398b 100644
--- a/.licenserc.yaml
+++ b/.licenserc.yaml
@@ -5,32 +5,12 @@ header:
 
   paths-ignore:
     - 'dist'
-    - 'licenses'
-    - '**/*.md'
-    - 'LICENSE'
+    - 'LICENSE.txt'
+    - 'NOTICE.txt'
     - 'NOTICE'
-    - 'DISCLAIMER'
-    - '.clang-format'
-    - '.clang-format-ignore'
-    - '.gitattributes'
     - '.gitignore'
-    - '.gitmodules'
+    - '.github/PULL_REQUEST_TEMPLATE.md'
     - '.licenserc.yaml'
-    - '.rat-excludes'
-    - 'be/src/common/status.cpp'
-    - 'be/src/common/status.h'
-    - 'be/src/env/env.h'
-    - 'be/src/env/env_posix.cpp'
-    - '**/glibc-compatibility/**'
-    - '**/gutil/**'
-    - '**/test_data/**'
-    - '**/jmockit/**'
-    - '**/*.json'
-    - '**/*.dat'
-    - '**/*.svg'
-    - '**/*.md5'
-    - '**/*.patch'
-    - '**/*.log'
     - 'custom_env.sh.tpl'
 
   comment: on-failure