diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 26777106bda..c8dea9ff2a2 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ clang_tidy:
         clang-tidy/clang-tidy.json
         --exclude "*thirdparty*"
         --exclude "*ActsPodioEdm*"
+        --exclude "*build/_deps/*"
 
     # Check the combined report against the defined limits
     - CI/clang_tidy/check_clang_tidy.py --report clang-tidy/clang-tidy.json --config CI/clang_tidy/limits.yml