diff --git a/.pre-commit-config.yaml b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
index 5362b10d..51c69b69 100644
--- a/.pre-commit-config.yaml
+++ b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
@@ -8,6 +8,20 @@ default_language_version:
   python: python3  # Force all Python hooks to use Python 3
   node: 22.12.0  # Force all Node hooks to use Node 22.12.0
 
+# Globally exclude files
+# https://pre-commit.com/#top_level-exclude
+exclude: |
+  (?x)(
+    LICENSE|
+    allianceauth\/static\/allianceauth\/css\/themes\/bootstrap-locals.less|
+    \.min\.css|
+    \.min\.js|
+    \.po|
+    \.mo|
+    swagger\.json|
+    static/(.*)/libs/
+  )
+
 repos:
   # Code Upgrades
   - repo: https://github.com/asottile/pyupgrade
@@ -49,39 +63,12 @@ repos:
         args: [--fix=lf]
       - id: trailing-whitespace
         args: [--markdown-linebreak-ext=md]
-        exclude: |
-          (?x)(
-            \.min\.css|
-            \.min\.js|
-            \.po|
-            \.mo|
-            swagger\.json|
-            static/(.*)/libs/
-          )
       - id: check-executables-have-shebangs
       - id: end-of-file-fixer
-        exclude: |
-          (?x)(
-            \.min\.css|
-            \.min\.js|
-            \.po|
-            \.mo|
-            swagger\.json|
-            static/(.*)/libs/
-          )
   - repo: https://github.com/editorconfig-checker/editorconfig-checker.python
     rev: 3.2.0
     hooks:
       - id: editorconfig-checker
-        exclude: |
-          (?x)(
-            LICENSE|
-            allianceauth\/static\/allianceauth\/css\/themes\/bootstrap-locals.less|
-            \.po|
-            \.mo|
-            swagger\.json|
-            static/(.*)/libs/
-          )
   - repo: https://github.com/igorshubovych/markdownlint-cli
     rev: v0.44.0
     hooks: