diff --git a/mk/tests.mk b/mk/tests.mk
index 97e18171213..a5afdf4775b 100644
--- a/mk/tests.mk
+++ b/mk/tests.mk
@@ -240,6 +240,8 @@ tidy:
 		@$(call E, check: formatting)
 		$(Q)find $(S)src -name '*.r[sc]' \
 		| grep '^$(S)src/test' -v \
+		| grep '^$(S)src/libuv' -v \
+		| grep '^$(S)src/llvm' -v \
 		| xargs -n 10 $(CFG_PYTHON) $(S)src/etc/tidy.py
 		$(Q)find $(S)src/etc -name '*.py' \
 		| xargs -n 10 $(CFG_PYTHON) $(S)src/etc/tidy.py