diff --git a/.codacy.yml b/.codacy.yml
index 06a0ea342f..a4d0293fd5 100644
--- a/.codacy.yml
+++ b/.codacy.yml
@@ -21,5 +21,6 @@ engines:
 exclude_paths: [
     'doc/sphinx/**',
     'esmvaltool/cmor/tables/**',
-    'tests/**'
+    'tests/**',
+    'esmvaltool/utils/recipe_test_workflow/recipe_test_workflow/app/configure/bin/test_configure.py'
 ]