diff --git a/test/sanity/code-smell/no-unicode-literals.sh b/test/sanity/code-smell/no-unicode-literals.sh
index b474a99564..e659242b18 100755
--- a/test/sanity/code-smell/no-unicode-literals.sh
+++ b/test/sanity/code-smell/no-unicode-literals.sh
@@ -5,7 +5,8 @@ UNICODE_LITERALS_USERS=$(grep -r unicode_literals . \
     --exclude-dir .tox \
     --exclude no-unicode-literals.sh \
     --exclude no-unicode-literals.rst |
-    grep -v ./test/results \
+    grep -v ./test/results | \
+    grep -v ansible.egg-info/SOURCES.txt \
     )
 
 if [ "${UNICODE_LITERALS_USERS}" ]; then