diff --git a/mypy-strict.ini b/mypy-strict.ini
index 37a965dac37..195ba7dfc0b 100644
--- a/mypy-strict.ini
+++ b/mypy-strict.ini
@@ -36,8 +36,7 @@ strict_equality = True
 
 files =
     .github/scripts/generate_binary_build_matrix.py,
-    benchmarks/instruction_counts/*.py,
-    benchmarks/instruction_counts/*/*.py,
+    benchmarks/instruction_counts,
     tools/autograd/*.py,
     tools/clang_tidy.py,
     tools/codegen/*.py,