diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 6a7d381c0722..ae10e34d6260 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -242,9 +242,9 @@ spellcheck:
     - cargo spellcheck --version
     # compare with the commit parent to the PR, given it's from a default branch
     - git fetch origin +${CI_DEFAULT_BRANCH}:${CI_DEFAULT_BRANCH}
-    - cargo spellcheck list-files -vvv $(git diff --diff-filter=AM --name-only $(git merge-base ${CI_COMMIT_SHA} ${CI_DEFAULT_BRANCH}))
+    - cargo spellcheck list-files -vvv $(git diff --diff-filter=AM --name-only $(git merge-base ${CI_COMMIT_SHA} ${CI_DEFAULT_BRANCH} -- :^bridges))
     - time cargo spellcheck check -vvv --cfg=scripts/gitlab/spellcheck.toml --checkers hunspell --code 1
-        $(git diff --diff-filter=AM --name-only $(git merge-base ${CI_COMMIT_SHA} ${CI_DEFAULT_BRANCH}))
+        $(git diff --diff-filter=AM --name-only $(git merge-base ${CI_COMMIT_SHA} ${CI_DEFAULT_BRANCH} -- :^bridges))
   allow_failure:                   true
 
 build-adder-collator:
diff --git a/scripts/gitlab/check_line_width.sh b/scripts/gitlab/check_line_width.sh
index c31cab446579..b147488d92db 100755
--- a/scripts/gitlab/check_line_width.sh
+++ b/scripts/gitlab/check_line_width.sh
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ BASE_BRANCH="origin/master"
 LINE_WIDTH="121"
 GOOD_LINE_WIDTH="101"
 
-git diff --name-only "${BASE_BRANCH}...${CI_COMMIT_SHA}" -- \*.rs | ( while read -r file
+git diff --name-only "${BASE_BRANCH}...${CI_COMMIT_SHA}" -- \*.rs :^bridges | ( while read -r file
 do
   if [ ! -f "${file}" ];
   then