diff --git a/.rat-excludes b/.rat-excludes
index 8954330bd10a7bbeda12d35ee034093dfee84720..9e9abb3f10bbf97af2530524100b85cad3780911 100644
--- a/.rat-excludes
+++ b/.rat-excludes
@@ -40,5 +40,5 @@ work
 golden
 test.out/*
 .*iml
-python/metastore/service.properties
-python/metastore/db.lck
+service.properties
+db.lck