diff --git a/.Rbuildignore b/.Rbuildignore
index 3acf585..6e1cc73 100644
--- a/.Rbuildignore
+++ b/.Rbuildignore
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 ^.*\.Rproj$
 ^CITATION\.cff$
 ^LICENSE.md$
+^LICENSE\.md$
 ^README\.Rmd$
 ^\.Rproj\.user$
 ^\.github$
@@ -10,8 +11,10 @@
 ^_pkgdown\.yml$
 ^checklist.yml$
 ^codecov\.yml$
+^codemeta\.json$
 ^data-raw$
 ^docs$
 ^man-roxygen$
 ^organisation.yml$
 ^pkgdown$
+^vignettes/articles$
diff --git a/checklist.yml b/checklist.yml
index 87a1295..42fdca7 100644
--- a/checklist.yml
+++ b/checklist.yml
@@ -14,11 +14,6 @@ allowed:
       Maintainer: 'Ward Langeraert <ward.langeraert@inbo.be>'
 
       New submission
-  - motivation: no problem
-    value: |-
-      checking top-level files ... NOTE
-      Non-standard file/directory found at top level:
-        'codemeta.json'
 required:
 - CITATION
 - DESCRIPTION