diff --git a/.pre-commit-config.yaml b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
index 5ab1beaccab9d892ee9d5073dc39a914e594d483..7ca000a1b6969157da0e2a20581d627fa44359cc 100644
--- a/.pre-commit-config.yaml
+++ b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+exclude: ^docs/
 repos:
 -   repo: https://github.com/psf/black
     rev: 21.5b0
@@ -8,12 +9,10 @@ repos:
     hooks:
     - id: isort
       args: ["--profile", "black"]
-      exclude: ^docs/
 -   repo: https://github.com/pre-commit/mirrors-mypy
     rev: v0.910
     hooks:
     - id: mypy
-      exclude: ^docs/
       args:
         - "--install-types"
         - "--non-interactive"
@@ -21,12 +20,10 @@ repos:
     rev: v2.8.2
     hooks:
     - id: pylint
-      exclude: ^docs/
 -   repo: https://github.com/Lucas-C/pre-commit-hooks
     rev: v1.1.10
     hooks:
     - id: insert-license
-      exclude: ^docs/
       files: \.py$
       args:
         - --license-filepath