diff --git a/tests/before/test-executability.sh b/tests/before/test-executability.sh
index 5b0c7956..1ef14b2f 100755
--- a/tests/before/test-executability.sh
+++ b/tests/before/test-executability.sh
@@ -25,8 +25,13 @@ set -o pipefail
 
 stdout=$2
 
+declare -a excludes=()
+for e in dataset lib pylint_plugins venv; do
+    excludes+=(-not -path "${LOCAL}/${e}/**")
+done
+
 {
-    scripts=$(find "${LOCAL}" -not -path "${LOCAL}/dataset/**" -type f -name '*.sh')
+    scripts=$(find "${LOCAL}" "${excludes[@]}" -type f -name '*.sh')
     echo "${scripts}" | while IFS= read -r sh; do
         if [ ! -x "${sh}" ]; then
             echo "Script '${sh}' is not executable, try running 'chmod +x ${sh}'"
@@ -38,7 +43,7 @@ stdout=$2
 echo "👍🏻 All .sh scripts are executable"
 
 {
-    scripts=$(find "${LOCAL}" -not -path "${LOCAL}/dataset/**" -type f -name '*.py')
+    scripts=$(find "${LOCAL}" "${excludes[@]}" -type f -name '*.py')
     echo "${scripts}" | while IFS= read -r py; do
         if [ ! -x "${py}" ]; then
             echo "Script '${py}' is not executable, try running 'chmod +x ${py}'"