diff --git a/.github/workflows/license_compliance.yml b/.github/workflows/license_compliance.yml
index 9fa159d83..035e8abd2 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/license_compliance.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/license_compliance.yml
@@ -43,10 +43,7 @@ jobs:
           # Exclusions in the vanilla distribution must be explicitly motivated
           #
           # - tqdm is MLP but there are no better alternatives
-          # - PyMuPDF is optional
-          # - pinecone-client is optional
-          # - psycopg2 is optional
-          exclude: "(?i)^(PyMuPDF|tqdm|pinecone-client|psycopg2).*"
+          exclude: "(?i)^(tqdm).*"
 
       # We keep the license inventory on FOSSA
       - name: Send license report to Fossa