diff --git a/.appveyor/epics-base-3.yml b/.appveyor/epics-base-3.yml
index 42515b216..aae3d6029 100644
--- a/.appveyor/epics-base-3.yml
+++ b/.appveyor/epics-base-3.yml
@@ -36,9 +36,10 @@ clone_depth: 5
 skip_commits:
   files:
     - 'documentation/*'
+    - 'startup/*'
+    - '.github/*'
     - '**/*.html'
     - '**/*.md'
-    - '.github/*'
 
 #---------------------------------#
 #   build matrix configuration    #
diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci-scripts-build.yml b/.github/workflows/ci-scripts-build.yml
index 01f55ebd7..42d09b54c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci-scripts-build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci-scripts-build.yml
@@ -11,9 +11,11 @@ name: Base
 on:
   push:
     paths-ignore:
-      - '.appveyor.yml'
       - 'documentation/*'
       - 'startup/*'
+      - '.appveyor/*'
+      - '**/*.html'
+      - '**/*.md'
   pull_request:
 
 env: