diff --git a/.pre-commit-config.yaml b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
index 5780c8e31..90fa5710c 100644
--- a/.pre-commit-config.yaml
+++ b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
@@ -26,16 +26,10 @@ repos:
     additional_dependencies:
     - black==25.9.0
 - repo: https://github.com/codespell-project/codespell
-  # Configuration for codespell is in .codespellrc
+  # Configuration for codespell is in pyproject.toml
   rev: v2.4.1
   hooks:
   - id: codespell
-    args: [
-            "--builtin", "clear,rare,code,names,en-GB_to_en-US",
-            "--ignore-words", "codespell-ignore-words.txt",
-            "--skip", "*.css",
-          ]
-    exclude: locale|kickstarter-announcement.md|coreapi-0.1.1.js
     additional_dependencies:
       # python doesn't come with a toml parser prior to 3.11
       - "tomli; python_version < '3.11'"
diff --git a/codespell-ignore-words.txt b/codespell-ignore-words.txt
index 07c9fdb9b..c183affef 100644
--- a/codespell-ignore-words.txt
+++ b/codespell-ignore-words.txt
@@ -4,4 +4,7 @@ IAM
 endcode
 deque
 thead
-lets
\ No newline at end of file
+lets
+fo
+malcom
+ser
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 4ea27a120..6613f1a66 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -107,8 +107,9 @@ known_first_party = [ "rest_framework", "tests" ]
 
 [tool.codespell]
 # Ref: https://github.com/codespell-project/codespell#using-a-config-file
-skip = "*/kickstarter-announcement.md,*.js,*.map,*.po"
-ignore-words-list = "fo,malcom,ser"
+skip = "*/kickstarter-announcement.md,*.js,*.map,*.po,*.css,locale"
+ignore-words = "codespell-ignore-words.txt"
+builtin = "clear,rare,code,names,en-GB_to_en-US"
 
 [tool.pyproject-fmt]
 max_supported_python = "3.14"