diff --git a/.cirrus.yml b/.cirrus.yml
index 4ba969ea2..e6c502f92 100644
--- a/.cirrus.yml
+++ b/.cirrus.yml
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+skip: changesIncludeOnly('docs/*', '.pre-commit-config.yaml')
+
 run_tests: &RUN_TESTS
   install_cibuildwheel_script:
     - python -m pip install -e ".[dev]" pytest-custom-exit-code
diff --git a/.github/workflows/test.yml b/.github/workflows/test.yml
index 8c61be9de..ed08a6b86 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test.yml
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ on:
   pull_request:
     paths-ignore:
       - 'docs/**'
+      - .pre-commit-config.yaml
   workflow_dispatch:
     # allow manual runs on branches without a PR
 
diff --git a/azure-pipelines.yml b/azure-pipelines.yml
index ee0d47471..4f3570641 100644
--- a/azure-pipelines.yml
+++ b/azure-pipelines.yml
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+pr:
+  paths:
+    exclude:
+      - docs/*
+      - .pre-commit-config.yaml
+
 jobs:
 - job: linux_38
   timeoutInMinutes: 120