diff --git a/test/test-gofmt.sh b/test/test-gofmt.sh
index aacf9a3c..d2abcf3c 100755
--- a/test/test-gofmt.sh
+++ b/test/test-gofmt.sh
@@ -17,12 +17,7 @@ fi
 cd "${ROOT}"
 
 find_files() {
-	find . -not \( \
-		\( \
-			-wholename './old' \
-			-o -wholename './tmp' \
-		\) -prune \
-	\) -name '*.go'
+	git ls-files | grep '\.go$'
 }
 
 GOFMT="gofmt"	# we prefer to not use the -s flag, which is pretty annoying...
diff --git a/test/test-yamlfmt.sh b/test/test-yamlfmt.sh
index bd419d8e..3001c3e9 100755
--- a/test/test-yamlfmt.sh
+++ b/test/test-yamlfmt.sh
@@ -26,13 +26,7 @@ $RUBY -e "require 'yaml'" 2>/dev/null || (
 cd "${ROOT}"
 
 find_files() {
-	find . -not \( \
-		\( \
-			-wholename './old' \
-			-o -wholename './tmp' \
-			-o -wholename './omv.yaml' \
-		\) -prune \
-	\) -name '*.yaml'
+	git ls-files | grep '\.yaml$'
 }
 
 bad_files=$(