diff --git a/scripts/spdxexclude b/scripts/spdxexclude
index 5b30fe246197..4a7fb16dc823 100644
--- a/scripts/spdxexclude
+++ b/scripts/spdxexclude
@@ -6,3 +6,8 @@
 # create lots of noise for no value
 LICENSES/
 license-rules.rst
+
+# Ignore config files and snippets. The majority is generated
+# by the Kconfig tools
+kernel/configs/
+arch/*/configs/