diff --git a/.codeclimate.yml b/.codeclimate.yml
index a2f87478e..2a9246578 100644
--- a/.codeclimate.yml
+++ b/.codeclimate.yml
@@ -35,3 +35,5 @@ checks:
   identical-code:
     config:
       threshold: # language-specific defaults. an override will affect all languages
+exclude_patterns:
+  - "locale/"