diff --git a/.github/workflows/code_quality.yml b/.github/workflows/code_quality.yml
index 00848933..719e54ca 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/code_quality.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/code_quality.yml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ defaults:
 
 jobs:
   run_checks:
-    name: Run linting and formatting
+    name: Run linting, formatting and static type checker
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
diff --git a/.pre-commit-config.yaml b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
index 5b78d185..4fd64e4d 100644
--- a/.pre-commit-config.yaml
+++ b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
@@ -19,6 +19,17 @@ repos:
     hooks:
       - id: cmake-format
 
+  - repo: https://github.com/pre-commit/mirrors-mypy
+    rev: v1.17.1
+    hooks:
+      - id: mypy
+        # Match all files under duckdb/ or _duckdb-stubs/,
+        # but not under duckdb/experimental/ or duckdb/query_graph/
+        files: ^(duckdb/(?!experimental/|query_graph/)|_duckdb-stubs/)
+        args: ["--config-file", "pyproject.toml"]
+        language: system
+        entry: uv run mypy
+
   - repo: local
     hooks:
       - id: post-checkout-submodules
diff --git a/duckdb/polars_io.py b/duckdb/polars_io.py
index 61ead5bc..2c075baf 100644
--- a/duckdb/polars_io.py
+++ b/duckdb/polars_io.py
@@ -277,8 +277,8 @@ def source_generator(
         for record_batch in iter(results.read_next_batch, None):
             if predicate is not None and duck_predicate is None:
                 # We have a predicate, but did not manage to push it down, we fallback here
-                yield pl.from_arrow(record_batch).filter(predicate)  # type: ignore[arg-type,misc]
+                yield pl.from_arrow(record_batch).filter(predicate)  # type: ignore[arg-type,misc,unused-ignore]
             else:
-                yield pl.from_arrow(record_batch)  # type: ignore[misc]
+                yield pl.from_arrow(record_batch)  # type: ignore[misc,unused-ignore]
 
     return register_io_source(source_generator, schema=schema)
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 52b63edc..2faea5e0 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -316,6 +316,7 @@ filterwarnings = [
 
 [tool.mypy]
 packages = ["duckdb", "_duckdb"]
+mypy_path = ["_duckdb-stubs"]
 strict = true
 warn_unreachable = true
 pretty = true
@@ -323,13 +324,18 @@ python_version = "3.9"
 exclude = [
     "duckdb/experimental/", # not checking the pyspark API
     "duckdb/query_graph/",  # old and unmaintained (should probably remove)
+    "tests",
+    "scripts",
+    "sqlogic",
 ]
 
 [[tool.mypy.overrides]]
 module = [
     "fsspec.*",
+    "numpy",
     "pandas",
     "polars",
+    "polars.io.plugins",
     "pyarrow.*",
     "torch",
     "tensorflow",
diff --git a/tests/stubs/mypy.ini b/tests/stubs/mypy.ini
deleted file mode 100644
index ff840b82..00000000
--- a/tests/stubs/mypy.ini
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,14 +0,0 @@
-[mypy]
-mypy_path = duckdb
-[mypy-fsspec]
-ignore_missing_imports = True
-[mypy-pandas]
-ignore_missing_imports = True
-[mypy-polars]
-ignore_missing_imports = True
-[mypy-pyarrow]
-ignore_missing_imports = True
-[mypy-pyarrow.lib]
-ignore_missing_imports = True
-[mypy-torch]
-ignore_missing_imports = True
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tests/stubs/test_stubs.py b/tests/stubs/test_stubs.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 96efed5d..00000000
--- a/tests/stubs/test_stubs.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,25 +0,0 @@
-from pathlib import Path
-
-from mypy import stubtest
-
-MYPY_INI_PATH = Path(__file__).parent / "mypy.ini"
-
-
-def test_generated_stubs():
-    skip_stubs_errors = ["pybind11", "git_revision", "is inconsistent, metaclass differs"]
-
-    options = stubtest.parse_options(["duckdb", "--mypy-config-file", MYPY_INI_PATH])
-    stubtest.test_stubs(options)
-
-    broken_stubs = [
-        error.get_description()
-        for error in stubtest.test_module("duckdb")
-        if not any(skip in error.get_description() for skip in skip_stubs_errors)
-    ]
-
-    if not broken_stubs:
-        return
-    print("Stubs must be updated, either add them to skip_stubs_errors or update __init__.pyi accordingly")
-    print(broken_stubs)
-
-    assert not broken_stubs