diff --git a/misc/hooks/pre-commit-clang-format b/misc/hooks/pre-commit-clang-format
index e5cf0c4aa23d..eddbc593640e 100755
--- a/misc/hooks/pre-commit-clang-format
+++ b/misc/hooks/pre-commit-clang-format
@@ -140,6 +140,9 @@ do
     if grep -q "\-so_wrap." <<< $file; then
         continue;
     fi
+    if grep -q "tests/python_build" <<< $file; then
+          continue;
+    fi
 
     # ignore file if we do check for file extensions and the file
     # does not match any of the extensions specified in $FILE_EXTS