diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
index fc724028..48f2c319 100644
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -36,9 +36,7 @@ commands = bash -c "find {toxinidir} \
    bash -c "find {toxinidir} \
    -not -path {toxinidir}/.tox/\* \
    -name \*.py | xargs flake8"
-   bash -c "find {toxinidir} \
-   -not -path {toxinidir}/.tox/\* \
-   -name \*.py | xargs vulture"
+   bash -c "vulture --exclude {toxworkdir},{toxinidir}/docs/src/conf.py  {toxinidir}"
 
 [testenv:spell]
 deps =