diff --git a/circuits/cpp/barretenberg/cpp/bootstrap.sh b/circuits/cpp/barretenberg/cpp/bootstrap.sh
index e9f41cba246c..869bbc9c885c 100755
--- a/circuits/cpp/barretenberg/cpp/bootstrap.sh
+++ b/circuits/cpp/barretenberg/cpp/bootstrap.sh
@@ -8,8 +8,10 @@ rm -rf ./build-wasm
 # Install formatting git hook.
 HOOKS_DIR=$(git rev-parse --git-path hooks)
 # The pre-commit script will live in a barretenberg-specific hooks directory
-# Find it based on the current working directory.
-echo "cd $(pwd)/cpp && ./format.sh staged" > $HOOKS_DIR/pre-commit
+# Find it based on the script directory.
+# TODO(AD) it is a bit unintuitive that bootstrap sets one up for a barretenberg-oriented workflow
+SCRIPT_PWD=`pwd` # fix: capture pwd instead of writing into script
+echo "cd $SCRIPT_PWD && ./format.sh staged" > $HOOKS_DIR/pre-commit
 chmod +x $HOOKS_DIR/pre-commit
 
 # Determine system.
diff --git a/circuits/cpp/format.sh b/circuits/cpp/format.sh
index e9b2c261214a..20c99bf89938 100755
--- a/circuits/cpp/format.sh
+++ b/circuits/cpp/format.sh
@@ -3,21 +3,18 @@ set -e
 
 if [ "$1" == "staged" ]; then
   echo Formatting staged files...
-  # we filter barretenberg, see #1149
-  for FILE in $(git diff-index --diff-filter=d --relative --cached --name-only HEAD | grep -e '\.\(cpp\|hpp\|tcc\)$' | grep -v barretenberg); do
+  for FILE in $(git diff-index --diff-filter=d --relative --cached --name-only HEAD | grep -e '\.\(cpp\|hpp\|tcc\)$'); do
     clang-format -i $FILE
     sed -i.bak 's/\r$//' $FILE && rm ${FILE}.bak
     git add $FILE
   done
 elif [ -n "$1" ]; then
-  # we filter barretenberg, see #1149
-  for FILE in $(git diff-index --relative --name-only $1 | grep -e '\.\(cpp\|hpp\|tcc\)$' | grep -v barretenberg); do
+  for FILE in $(git diff-index --relative --name-only $1 | grep -e '\.\(cpp\|hpp\|tcc\)$'); do
     clang-format -i $FILE
     sed -i.bak 's/\r$//' $FILE && rm ${FILE}.bak
   done
 else
-  # we filter barretenberg, see #1149
-  for FILE in $(find ./src -iname *.hpp -o -iname *.cpp -o -iname *.tcc | grep -v src/boost | grep -v barretenberg); do
+  for FILE in $(find ./src -iname *.hpp -o -iname *.cpp -o -iname *.tcc | grep -v src/boost); do
     clang-format -i $FILE
     sed -i.bak 's/\r$//' $FILE && rm ${FILE}.bak
   done