diff --git a/.github/checks/spaces.sh b/.github/checks/spaces.sh
index 02a03ff58..e133d1e47 100755
--- a/.github/checks/spaces.sh
+++ b/.github/checks/spaces.sh
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ CHECK_PATH=.
 
 cd $SCRIPT_PATH/../../
 
-FILES=`find $CHECK_PATH -type f \( -name \*.inc -o -name Makefile -o -name \*.cfg -o -name \*.\[chs\] -o -name \*.asm -o -name \*.sgml \) -print | xargs grep -l ' $' | grep -v "libwrk/" | grep -v "testwrk/"`
+FILES=`find $CHECK_PATH -type f \( -name \*.inc -o -name Makefile -o -name \*.cfg -o -name \*.\[chs\] -o -name \*.asm -o -name \*.sgml \) -print | grep -v "libwrk/" | grep -v "testwrk/" | xargs grep -l ' $'`
 
 cd $OLDCWD
 
diff --git a/.github/checks/tabs.sh b/.github/checks/tabs.sh
index 3823eb370..87350efd9 100755
--- a/.github/checks/tabs.sh
+++ b/.github/checks/tabs.sh
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ CHECK_PATH=.
 
 cd $SCRIPT_PATH/../../
 
-FILES=`find $CHECK_PATH -type f \( \( -name \*.inc -a \! -name Makefile.inc \) -o -name \*.cfg -o -name \*.\[chs\] -o -name \*.asm -o -name \*.sgml \) -print | xargs grep -l $'\t' | grep -v "libwrk/" | grep -v "testwrk/"`
+FILES=`find $CHECK_PATH -type f \( \( -name \*.inc -a \! -name Makefile.inc \) -o -name \*.cfg -o -name \*.\[chs\] -o -name \*.asm -o -name \*.sgml \) -print | grep -v "libwrk/" | grep -v "testwrk/" | xargs grep -l $'\t'`
 
 cd $OLDCWD