diff --git a/contrib/jenkins.sh b/contrib/jenkins.sh
index c36626e..347ea9b 100755
--- a/contrib/jenkins.sh
+++ b/contrib/jenkins.sh
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 
 mkdir "$deps" || true
 
-verify_value_string_arrays_are_terminated.py $(find . -name "*.[hc]")
+verify_value_string_arrays_are_terminated.py $(find . -name "*.[hc]" -not -path "./deps/*")
 
 export PKG_CONFIG_PATH="$inst/lib/pkgconfig:$PKG_CONFIG_PATH"
 export LD_LIBRARY_PATH="$inst/lib"