diff --git a/util/lint/lint-000-license-headers b/util/lint/lint-000-license-headers
index 07cdb23..68bdae7 100755
--- a/util/lint/lint-000-license-headers
+++ b/util/lint/lint-000-license-headers
@@ -68,6 +68,7 @@
 config|\
 cmos\.layout|\
 cmos\.default\
+\.apcb$|\
 "
 
 #space separated list of directories to test
diff --git a/util/lint/lint-extended-015-final-newlines b/util/lint/lint-extended-015-final-newlines
index b761afb..4ea4536 100755
--- a/util/lint/lint-extended-015-final-newlines
+++ b/util/lint/lint-extended-015-final-newlines
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 PIDS=""
 INCLUDED_DIRS_AND_FILES='util/* src/* payloads/* configs/* Makefile *.inc'
 EXCLUDED_DIRS='src/vendorcode/\|cbfstool/lzma/\|cbfstool/lz4/\|Documentation/\|build/\|3rdparty/\|\.git/\|coreboot-builds/\|util/nvidia/cbootimage/\|^util/goswid/vendor'
-EXCLUDED_FILES='\.gif$\|\.jpg$\|\.cksum$\|\.bin$\|\.vbt$\|\.hex$\|\.ico$\|\.o$\|\.bz2$\|\.xz$\|^.tmpconfig\|\.pyc$\|_shipped$\|sha256$\|\.png$\|\.patch$'
+EXCLUDED_FILES='\.gif$\|\.jpg$\|\.cksum$\|\.bin$\|\.vbt$\|\.hex$\|\.ico$\|\.o$\|\.bz2$\|\.xz$\|^.tmpconfig\|\.pyc$\|_shipped$\|sha256$\|\.png$\|\.patch$\|\.apcb$'
 
 HAVE_FILE=$(command -v file 1>/dev/null 2>&1; echo $?)
 
diff --git a/util/lint/lint-stable-003-whitespace b/util/lint/lint-stable-003-whitespace
index 82b46b0..83b3faa 100755
--- a/util/lint/lint-stable-003-whitespace
+++ b/util/lint/lint-stable-003-whitespace
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 # shellcheck source=helper_functions.sh
 . "${LINTDIR}/helper_functions.sh"
 
-EXCLUDELIST='^src/vendorcode/|^util/kconfig/|^util/nvidia/cbootimage|^util/goswid|__pycache__|COPYING|LICENSE|README|_shipped$|\.patch$|\.bin$|\.hex$|\.jpg$|\.gif$|\.ttf$|\.woff$|\.png$|\.eot$|\.vbt$|\.ico$|\.md$'
+EXCLUDELIST='^src/vendorcode/|^util/kconfig/|^util/nvidia/cbootimage|^util/goswid|__pycache__|COPYING|LICENSE|README|_shipped$|\.patch$|\.bin$|\.hex$|\.jpg$|\.gif$|\.ttf$|\.woff$|\.png$|\.eot$|\.vbt$|\.ico$|\.md$\|\.apcb$'
 INCLUDELIST="src util payloads Makefile* toolchain.inc tests"
 
 # shellcheck disable=SC2086,SC2046
diff --git a/util/lint/lint-stable-009-old-licenses b/util/lint/lint-stable-009-old-licenses
index bb508d7..45c01c7 100755
--- a/util/lint/lint-stable-009-old-licenses
+++ b/util/lint/lint-stable-009-old-licenses
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
 \.cksum$|\
 \.bin$|\
 \.vbt$|\
+\.apcb$|\
 \.hex$|\
 \.patch$|\
 _shipped$|\