diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 2288092..883ba74 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -8,4 +8,3 @@ jobs:
       - uses: ArkScript-lang/action-format@master
         with:
           folder: example
-          exclude: example/excluded
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 1c78eba..4856d75 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -9,13 +9,10 @@ inputs:
   folder:
     description: 'Folder with .ark files to check'
     required: true
-  exclude:
-    description: 'Folders to exclude, comma separated'
 ```
 
 > [!WARNING]
 > The folders **MUST NOT** be terminated by a `/`
 
-- **folder**: path to ArkScript files ; will be scanned recursively for `*.ark` files
-- **exclude**: list of path to exclude, eg `foo,bar,egg/test`
+- **folder**: path to ArkScript files ; will be scanned for `*.ark` files
 
diff --git a/action.yaml b/action.yaml
index a5d53a2..a8f6af8 100644
--- a/action.yaml
+++ b/action.yaml
@@ -5,8 +5,6 @@ inputs:
   folder:
     description: 'Folder with .ark files to check'
     required: true
-  exclude:
-    description: 'Folders to exclude, comma separated'
 
 runs:
   using: 'composite'
@@ -24,16 +22,6 @@ runs:
     - name: Check
       shell: bash
       run: |
-        exclusions=''
-        if ! [ -z "${{ inputs.exclude }}" ]; then
-          IFS=',' read -ra EXC <<< "${{ inputs.exclude }}"
-          for i in "${EXC[@]}"; do
-            # process "$i"
-            exclusions="$exclusions -not -path '$i/*'"
-          done
-          echo "Exclusions: '$exclusions'"
-        fi
-
         failures=0
         while read -rd $'\0' file; do
           if ! ./arkscript --format "$file" --check; then
@@ -42,7 +30,7 @@ runs:
           else
             echo "✅ $(basename $file)"
           fi
-        done < <(find "${{ inputs.folder }}" -type f -name "*.ark" $exclusions -print0)
+        done < <(find "${{ inputs.folder }}" -type f -name "*.ark" -maxdepth 1 -print0)
 
         echo "$failures file(s) need to be formatted"
         [ $failures -gt 0 ] && exit 1 || exit 0