diff --git a/.checkpatch.conf b/.checkpatch.conf
index ad04d39c3b..5828a8ab39 100644
--- a/.checkpatch.conf
+++ b/.checkpatch.conf
@@ -25,7 +25,3 @@
 # This one has a linux path hard coded, so it would choke on
 # some commits unnecessarily.
 --ignore EXECUTE_PERMISSIONS
-
-# Exclude the vendorcode directory
---exclude src/vendorcode
-