diff --git a/.checksrc b/.checksrc
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..b735b1d1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.checksrc
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+disable COPYRIGHT
+disable FOPENMODE
+disable SNPRINTF
+disable TYPEDEFSTRUCT
diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
index 677be76a..8b8339f0 100644
--- a/Makefile.am
+++ b/Makefile.am
@@ -81,9 +81,5 @@ coverage: init-coverage build-coverage gen-coverage
 
 checksrc:
 	perl ci/checksrc.pl -i4 -m79 \
-	  -ASNPRINTF \
-	  -ACOPYRIGHT \
-	  -AFOPENMODE \
-	  -ATYPEDEFSTRUCT \
-	  -Wsrc/libssh2_config.h src/*.[ch] include/*.h example/*.c \
-	  tests/*.[ch]
+	  -Wsrc/libssh2_config.h \
+	  src/*.[ch] include/*.h example/*.c tests/*.[ch]
diff --git a/ci/checksrc.sh b/ci/checksrc.sh
index 80789f88..83060912 100755
--- a/ci/checksrc.sh
+++ b/ci/checksrc.sh
@@ -4,14 +4,6 @@ set -e
 
 cd "$(dirname "$0")/.."
 
-FILES="src/*.[ch] include/*.h example/*.c tests/*.[ch]"
-WHITELIST="-Wsrc/libssh2_config.h"
-
-# shellcheck disable=SC2086
-# shellcheck disable=SC2248
 perl ./ci/checksrc.pl -i4 -m79 \
-  -ASNPRINTF \
-  -ACOPYRIGHT \
-  -AFOPENMODE \
-  -ATYPEDEFSTRUCT \
-  $WHITELIST $FILES
+  -Wsrc/libssh2_config.h \
+  src/*.[ch] include/*.h example/*.c tests/*.[ch]