diff --git a/Testing/ContinuousIntegration/AzurePipelinesLinux.yml b/Testing/ContinuousIntegration/AzurePipelinesLinux.yml
index ba9834a305f..623197b559e 100644
--- a/Testing/ContinuousIntegration/AzurePipelinesLinux.yml
+++ b/Testing/ContinuousIntegration/AzurePipelinesLinux.yml
@@ -5,6 +5,21 @@ trigger:
     include:
     - master
     - release*
+  paths:
+    exclude:
+    - '*.md'
+    - LICENSE
+    - NOTICE
+    - Documentation/*
+    - Utilities/Maintenance/*
+pr:
+  paths:
+    exclude:
+    - '*.md'
+    - LICENSE
+    - NOTICE
+    - Documentation/*
+    - Utilities/Maintenance/*
 variables:
   ExternalDataVersion: 5.3.0
 jobs:
diff --git a/Testing/ContinuousIntegration/AzurePipelinesLinuxPython.yml b/Testing/ContinuousIntegration/AzurePipelinesLinuxPython.yml
index 70cd0747c7c..1c8f33f147b 100644
--- a/Testing/ContinuousIntegration/AzurePipelinesLinuxPython.yml
+++ b/Testing/ContinuousIntegration/AzurePipelinesLinuxPython.yml
@@ -5,6 +5,21 @@ trigger:
     include:
     - master
     - release*
+  paths:
+    exclude:
+    - '*.md'
+    - LICENSE
+    - NOTICE
+    - Documentation/*
+    - Utilities/Maintenance/*
+pr:
+  paths:
+    exclude:
+    - '*.md'
+    - LICENSE
+    - NOTICE
+    - Documentation/*
+    - Utilities/Maintenance/*
 variables:
   ExternalDataVersion: 5.3.0
 jobs:
diff --git a/Testing/ContinuousIntegration/AzurePipelinesMacOS.yml b/Testing/ContinuousIntegration/AzurePipelinesMacOS.yml
index d46569e7759..9045b1c116e 100644
--- a/Testing/ContinuousIntegration/AzurePipelinesMacOS.yml
+++ b/Testing/ContinuousIntegration/AzurePipelinesMacOS.yml
@@ -5,6 +5,21 @@ trigger:
     include:
     - master
     - release*
+  paths:
+    exclude:
+    - '*.md'
+    - LICENSE
+    - NOTICE
+    - Documentation/*
+    - Utilities/Maintenance/*
+pr:
+  paths:
+    exclude:
+    - '*.md'
+    - LICENSE
+    - NOTICE
+    - Documentation/*
+    - Utilities/Maintenance/*
 variables:
   ExternalDataVersion: 5.3.0
 jobs:
diff --git a/Testing/ContinuousIntegration/AzurePipelinesMacOSPython.yml b/Testing/ContinuousIntegration/AzurePipelinesMacOSPython.yml
index 90d46a5b582..7e1d73bbad0 100644
--- a/Testing/ContinuousIntegration/AzurePipelinesMacOSPython.yml
+++ b/Testing/ContinuousIntegration/AzurePipelinesMacOSPython.yml
@@ -5,6 +5,21 @@ trigger:
     include:
     - master
     - release*
+  paths:
+    exclude:
+    - '*.md'
+    - LICENSE
+    - NOTICE
+    - Documentation/*
+    - Utilities/Maintenance/*
+pr:
+  paths:
+    exclude:
+    - '*.md'
+    - LICENSE
+    - NOTICE
+    - Documentation/*
+    - Utilities/Maintenance/*
 variables:
   ExternalDataVersion: 5.3.0
 jobs:
diff --git a/Testing/ContinuousIntegration/AzurePipelinesWindows.yml b/Testing/ContinuousIntegration/AzurePipelinesWindows.yml
index b6f97331dc3..47b42e013dd 100644
--- a/Testing/ContinuousIntegration/AzurePipelinesWindows.yml
+++ b/Testing/ContinuousIntegration/AzurePipelinesWindows.yml
@@ -5,6 +5,21 @@ trigger:
     include:
     - master
     - release*
+  paths:
+    exclude:
+    - '*.md'
+    - LICENSE
+    - NOTICE
+    - Documentation/*
+    - Utilities/Maintenance/*
+pr:
+  paths:
+    exclude:
+    - '*.md'
+    - LICENSE
+    - NOTICE
+    - Documentation/*
+    - Utilities/Maintenance/*
 variables:
   ExternalDataVersion: 5.3.0
 jobs:
diff --git a/Testing/ContinuousIntegration/AzurePipelinesWindowsPython.yml b/Testing/ContinuousIntegration/AzurePipelinesWindowsPython.yml
index 32ee2364a13..fbc2dfddf23 100644
--- a/Testing/ContinuousIntegration/AzurePipelinesWindowsPython.yml
+++ b/Testing/ContinuousIntegration/AzurePipelinesWindowsPython.yml
@@ -5,6 +5,21 @@ trigger:
     include:
     - master
     - release*
+  paths:
+    exclude:
+    - '*.md'
+    - LICENSE
+    - NOTICE
+    - Documentation/*
+    - Utilities/Maintenance/*
+pr:
+  paths:
+    exclude:
+    - '*.md'
+    - LICENSE
+    - NOTICE
+    - Documentation/*
+    - Utilities/Maintenance/*
 variables:
   ExternalDataVersion: 5.3.0
 jobs:
diff --git a/Utilities/Maintenance/README.md b/Utilities/Maintenance/README.md
index e23c78aaa53..8adcebe2c21 100644
--- a/Utilities/Maintenance/README.md
+++ b/Utilities/Maintenance/README.md
@@ -3,3 +3,8 @@ maintaining the ITK source code tree.  These are not intended
 to be run all the time, but these little utility scripts
 can be useful as new code is being incorporated into ITK to
 help configure the code into an ITK style, or ITK best practices.
+
+Note that the files in this directory are not tested automatically
+by the continuous integration (CI) of the ITK git repository. So a
+git commit that only modifies files in this directory should not
+trigger a run of the CI.