diff --git a/.github/workflows/verify.yml b/.github/workflows/verify.yml
index 4a0e88ae7..30f70aeaa 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/verify.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/verify.yml
@@ -4,6 +4,9 @@ on:
   push:
     branches:
       - master
+    paths-ignore:
+      - '.3rd-party/**'
+      - 'site/**'
   pull_request:
 
 jobs:
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 0f3898264..13f0820ee 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -408,11 +408,8 @@
                                 </validHeaders>
                                 <excludes>
                                     <exclude>.3rd-party/**</exclude>
-                                    <exclude>.azure-pipelines/*</exclude>
-                                    <exclude>.devcontainer/*</exclude>
                                     <exclude>.git*</exclude>
                                     <exclude>.github/**</exclude>
-                                    <exclude>.sonar</exclude>
                                     <exclude>licenses/LICENSE*</exclude>
                                     <exclude>eclipse_codeformatter.xml</exclude>
                                     <exclude>intellij_codeformatter.xml</exclude>
@@ -422,7 +419,6 @@
                                     <exclude>**/.git*</exclude>
                                     <exclude>**/*.sql</exclude>
                                     <exclude>**/docker/**</exclude>
-                                    <exclude>**/.sonar/**</exclude>
                                     <exclude>**/frontend/**</exclude>
                                     <exclude>site/content/**</exclude>
                                     <exclude>site/layouts/**</exclude>