diff --git a/bin/dev/perl-critic.sh b/bin/dev/perl-critic.sh
index c0d04e4..c061f85 100755
--- a/bin/dev/perl-critic.sh
+++ b/bin/dev/perl-critic.sh
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ cd "$basedir" || exit 1
 
 action_doing "Checking perlcritic"
 # shellcheck disable=SC2086
-perlcritic --color -q -p "$(dirname "$0")"/perlcriticrc .; ret1=$?
+perlcritic --color -q -p "$(dirname "$0")"/perlcriticrc bin contrib docker install lib tests; ret1=$?
 perlcritic --color -q -p "$(dirname "$0")"/perlcriticrc lib/perl/OVH/Bastion/*.inc; ret2=$?
 if [ "$ret1" = 0 ] && [ "$ret2" = 0 ]; then
     # shellcheck disable=SC2119
diff --git a/bin/dev/perl-tidy.sh b/bin/dev/perl-tidy.sh
index dcfdfe2..7679f00 100755
--- a/bin/dev/perl-tidy.sh
+++ b/bin/dev/perl-tidy.sh
@@ -41,7 +41,8 @@ params="$params \
 
 # run on all perl files (".") or only the $2 file if specified
 # shellcheck disable=SC2086
-find "${2:-.}" -type f ! -name "*.tdy" ! -name "*.ERR" ! -name "*.tidybak" ! -name "*.html" ! -name "$(basename "$0")" -print0 | \
+find ${2:-bin contrib docker install lib tests} -type f \
+    ! -name "*.tdy" ! -name "*.ERR" ! -name "*.tidybak" ! -name "*.html" ! -name "$(basename "$0")" -print0 | \
     xargs -r0 grep -l 'set filetype=perl' -- | \
     xargs -r perltidy $params
 
diff --git a/bin/dev/shell-check.sh b/bin/dev/shell-check.sh
index 5cdcb89..7ef9aff 100755
--- a/bin/dev/shell-check.sh
+++ b/bin/dev/shell-check.sh
@@ -46,7 +46,9 @@ else
     action_doing "Checking shell files syntax using system shellcheck"
 fi
 
-for i in $(find "${2:-.}" -type f ! -name "*.swp" ! -name "*.orig" ! -name "*.rej" -print0 | xargs -r0 grep -l 'set filetype=sh' | sort)
+for i in $(find ${2:-bin contrib docker install lib tests} -type f \
+            ! -name "*.swp" ! -name "*.orig" ! -name "*.rej" ! -name "$(basename "$0")" -print0 \
+            | xargs -r0 grep -l 'set filetype=sh' | sort)
 do
     run_shellcheck "$i"; ret=$?
     if [ $ret != 0 ]; then