diff --git a/.codespell-ignorewords b/.codespell-ignorewords
deleted file mode 100644
index 0e50db9118..0000000000
--- a/.codespell-ignorewords
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-nd
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 5ac0fe6706..35336ff231 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -101,4 +101,4 @@ target-version = ['py37', 'py38']
 exclude = "pydra/_version.py"
 
 [tool.codespell]
-ignore-words = ".codespell-ignorewords"
+ignore-words-list = "nd,afile"