diff --git a/.codespellrc b/.codespellrc
deleted file mode 100644
index b500944e0..000000000
--- a/.codespellrc
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-# Ref: https://github.com/codespell-project/codespell#using-a-config-file
-[codespell]
-skip = .git,*.svg,*.css,*.min.*,*-min.js,.codespellrc,locale,static,kickstarter-announcement.md
-check-hidden = true
-# skip lines with  ú  as they might contain non-english words
-ignore-regex = \bMalcom Tredinnick\b|^.{500,}$|.*ú.*
-ignore-words-list = fo,crate
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index ef88e6411..641714d16 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
 *.db
 *~
 .*
-!.codespellrc
 *.py.bak
 
 
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index 487d99db9..e7e288816 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -29,3 +29,8 @@ include = rest_framework/*,tests/*
 exclude_lines =
     pragma: no cover
     raise NotImplementedError
+
+[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