diff --git a/.codespellrc b/.codespellrc
deleted file mode 100644
index 18082524..00000000
--- a/.codespellrc
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-[codespell]
-skip = .git,*.pdf,*.svg,deprecated,*.xml,*.mediawiki,*.omn,*.toml
-ignore-words-list = covert,hed,assertIn,parms
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index b7e341ae..67f8bc46 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -77,5 +77,5 @@ namespaces = false
 hed = ["schema/schema_data/*.xml", "resources/*.png"]
 
 [tool.codespell]
-skip = '*.git,*.pdf,*.xml,*.mediawiki,*.svg,versioneer.py,venv*,*.tsv,*.yaml,*.yml,*.json,*.rdf,*.jsonld,spec_tests'
+skip = '*.git,*.pdf,*.svg,versioneer.py,venv*,*.tsv,*.yaml,*.yml,*.json,*.rdf,*.jsonld,spec_tests,,*.xml,*.mediawiki,*.omn,*.toml'
 ignore-words-list = 'te,parms,assertIn'