diff --git a/test/code-smell/replace-urlopen.sh b/test/code-smell/replace-urlopen.sh
index 404caf30980..428d2319fc1 100755
--- a/test/code-smell/replace-urlopen.sh
+++ b/test/code-smell/replace-urlopen.sh
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 BASEDIR=${1-"."}
 
 URLLIB_USERS=$(find "$BASEDIR" -name '*.py' -exec grep -H urlopen \{\} \;)
-URLLIB_USERS=$(echo "$URLLIB_USERS" | sed '/\(\n\|lib\/ansible\/module_utils\/urls.py\|lib\/ansible\/compat\/six\/_six.py\)/d')
+URLLIB_USERS=$(echo "$URLLIB_USERS" | sed '/\(\n\|lib\/ansible\/module_utils\/urls.py\|lib\/ansible\/compat\/six\/_six.py\|.tox\)/d')
 if test -n "$URLLIB_USERS" ; then
   printf "$URLLIB_USERS"
   exit 1