diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index ed13296e40ee4205b3398c58f7dc63c99fded411..14ee77667f38df99badcb69c35a823b7ca62a283 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ newline_at_eof:
   before_script:
     - pip3 install -r devices/test-requirements.txt
   script:
+#     TODO(Corne): Ignore shell files in submodules more cleanly
     - flake8 --filename *.sh,*.conf,*.md,*.yml --select=W292 --exclude docker-compose/tango-prometheus-exporter,.tox,.egg-info,docker
 python_linting:
   stage: linting
@@ -38,6 +39,7 @@ shellcheck:
     - sudo apt-get update
     - sudo apt-get install -y shellcheck
   script:
+#     TODO(Corne): Ignore shell files in submodules
     - shellcheck **/*.sh
 unit_test:
   stage: unit-tests