diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index b11fe94d4bed..cc179a75ce9b 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -5,8 +5,7 @@ line_length = 99
 skip_gitignore = true
 
 [tool.codespell]
-asdsf
-skip = './src/control/vendor,./src/control/go.sum,./.git,./src/rdb/raft,./build,./install,./venv,./src/control/vendor/,./src/control/security/testdata/certs/source.txt'
+skip = './src/control/vendor/*,./src/control/go.sum,./.git/*,./src/rdb/raft/*,./build/*,./install/*,./venv/*,./src/control/security/testdata/certs/source.txt'
 quiet-level = 3
 ignore-words = 'ci/codespell.ignores'
 builtin = 'clear,rare,informal,names,en-GB_to_en-US'
diff --git a/utils/githooks/pre-commit.d/20-codespell.sh b/utils/githooks/pre-commit.d/20-codespell.sh
index 1a7806fa4a9c..eece684244e0 100755
--- a/utils/githooks/pre-commit.d/20-codespell.sh
+++ b/utils/githooks/pre-commit.d/20-codespell.sh
@@ -20,6 +20,5 @@ then
 fi
 
 echo "Checking for spelling mistakes"
-codespell --version
-exit 0
-_git_diff_cached_files | xargs codespell
+# Convert file names to relative path format that codespell expects. I.e. "./path"
+_git_diff_cached_files | xargs -r -n 1 -I% echo "./%" | xargs -r codespell