diff --git a/python-phoenixdb/dev-support/rat-excludes.txt b/python-phoenixdb/dev-support/rat-excludes.txt
index d96d387..8d30494 100644
--- a/python-phoenixdb/dev-support/rat-excludes.txt
+++ b/python-phoenixdb/dev-support/rat-excludes.txt
@@ -2,3 +2,5 @@
 NEWS\.rst
 RELEASING\.rst
 README\.rst
+dev-support.*
+\.gitignore
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/python-phoenixdb/dev-support/run-source-ratcheck.sh b/python-phoenixdb/dev-support/run-source-ratcheck.sh
index de9b72f..39f28ca 100755
--- a/python-phoenixdb/dev-support/run-source-ratcheck.sh
+++ b/python-phoenixdb/dev-support/run-source-ratcheck.sh
@@ -53,11 +53,9 @@ fi
 echo "RAT binary installation localized, running RAT check"
 
 # Run the RAT check, excluding pyc files
-for src in 'phoenixdb' 'ci' 'examples' 'doc'; do 
-  echo "Running RAT check over $src"
-  java -jar "$ARTIFACTS_DIR/$RAT_BINARY_DIR/$RAT_JAR" -d "$DEV_SUPPORT/../$src" -E "$DEV_SUPPORT/rat-excludes.txt"
-  if [[ $? -ne 0 ]]; then
-    echo "Failed RAT check over $src"
-    exit 1
-  fi
-done
+echo "Running RAT check"
+java -jar "$ARTIFACTS_DIR/$RAT_BINARY_DIR/$RAT_JAR" -d "$DEV_SUPPORT/../" -E "$DEV_SUPPORT/rat-excludes.txt"
+if [[ $? -ne 0 ]]; then
+  echo "Failed RAT check"
+  exit 1
+fi