diff --git a/.ci/.lintr.R b/.ci/.lintr.R
index 10adaa0f65..14257ba4c7 100644
--- a/.ci/.lintr.R
+++ b/.ci/.lintr.R
@@ -71,45 +71,39 @@ linters = c(dt_linters, all_linters(
 ))
 rm(dt_linters)
 
-# TODO(lintr#2172): Glob with lintr itself.
-exclusions = c(local({
-  exclusion_for_dir <- function(dir, exclusions) {
-    files = file.path("..", list.files(dir, pattern = "\\.(R|Rmd|Rraw)$", full.names=TRUE))
-    stats::setNames(rep(list(exclusions), length(files)), files)
-  }
-  c(
-    exclusion_for_dir("tests", list(
-      quotes_linter = Inf,
-      # TODO(michaelchirico): Enforce these and re-activate them one-by-one.
-      implicit_integer_linter = Inf,
-      infix_spaces_linter = Inf,
-      undesirable_function_linter = Inf
-    )),
-    exclusion_for_dir(c("vignettes", "vignettes/fr", "vignettes/ru"), list(
-      # assignment_linter = Inf,
-      implicit_integer_linter = Inf,
-      quotes_linter = Inf,
-      sample_int_linter = Inf
-      # strings_as_factors_linter = Inf
-      # system_time_linter = Inf
-    )),
-    exclusion_for_dir("inst/tests", list(
-      library_call_linter = Inf,
-      numeric_leading_zero_linter = Inf,
-      undesirable_operator_linter = Inf, # For ':::', possibly we could be more careful to only exclude ':::'.
-      # TODO(michaelchirico): Enforce these and re-activate them one-by-one.
-      comparison_negation_linter = Inf,
-      condition_call_linter = Inf,
-      duplicate_argument_linter = Inf,
-      equals_na_linter = Inf,
-      missing_argument_linter = Inf,
-      paste_linter = Inf,
-      rep_len_linter = Inf,
-      sample_int_linter = Inf,
-      seq_linter = Inf,
-      unnecessary_lambda_linter = Inf
-    ))
+exclusions = list(
+  `../tests` = list(
+    quotes_linter = Inf,
+    # TODO(michaelchirico): Enforce these and re-activate them one-by-one.
+    implicit_integer_linter = Inf,
+    infix_spaces_linter = Inf,
+    undesirable_function_linter = Inf
+  ),
+  `../vignettes*` = list(
+    # assignment_linter = Inf,
+    implicit_integer_linter = Inf,
+    quotes_linter = Inf,
+    sample_int_linter = Inf
+    # strings_as_factors_linter = Inf
+    # system_time_linter = Inf
+  ),
+  `../inst/tests` = list(
+    library_call_linter = Inf,
+    numeric_leading_zero_linter = Inf,
+    undesirable_operator_linter = Inf, # For ':::', possibly we could be more careful to only exclude ':::'.
+    # TODO(michaelchirico): Enforce these and re-activate them one-by-one.
+    comparison_negation_linter = Inf,
+    condition_call_linter = Inf,
+    duplicate_argument_linter = Inf,
+    equals_na_linter = Inf,
+    missing_argument_linter = Inf,
+    paste_linter = Inf,
+    rep_len_linter = Inf,
+    sample_int_linter = Inf,
+    seq_linter = Inf,
+    unnecessary_lambda_linter = Inf
+  ),
+  `../inst/tests/froll.Rraw` = list(
+    dt_test_literal_linter = Inf # TODO(michaelchirico): Fix these once #5898, #5692, #5682, #5576, #5575, #5441 are merged.
   )
-}),
-  list(`../inst/tests/froll.Rraw` = list(dt_test_literal_linter = Inf)) # TODO(michaelchirico): Fix these once #5898, #5692, #5682, #5576, #5575, #5441 are merged.
 )