diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index a40816045f..d29c59d41c 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ lint:
     - if [ "$CI_PROJECT_NAMESPACE" != "fdroid" ]; then
         git fetch https://gitlab.com/fdroid/fdroiddata;
         test -d build || mkdir build;
-        for f in `git diff --name-only FETCH_HEAD...HEAD`; do
+        for f in `git diff --name-only --diff-filter=d FETCH_HEAD...HEAD`; do
            appid=`echo $f | sed -n -e 's,^metadata/\([^/][^/]*\)\.txt,\1,p'
                                    -e 's,^metadata/\([^/][^/]*\)\.yml,\1,p'`;
            export CHANGED="$CHANGED $appid";