diff --git a/lib/functions/buildFileList.sh b/lib/functions/buildFileList.sh
index 5c5d2c30..3d2d3335 100755
--- a/lib/functions/buildFileList.sh
+++ b/lib/functions/buildFileList.sh
@@ -221,6 +221,22 @@ function BuildFileList() {
       debug "TEST_CASE_RUN (${TEST_CASE_RUN}) is true. Skipping ${FILE}..."
     fi
 
+    #################################################
+    # Filter files if FILTER_REGEX_INCLUDE is set #
+    #################################################
+    if [[ -n "$FILTER_REGEX_INCLUDE" ]] && [[ ! (${FILE} =~ $FILTER_REGEX_INCLUDE) ]]; then
+      debug "FILTER_REGEX_INCLUDE didn't match. Skipping ${FILE}"
+      continue
+    fi
+
+    #################################################
+    # Filter files if FILTER_REGEX_EXCLUDE is set #
+    #################################################
+    if [[ -n "$FILTER_REGEX_EXCLUDE" ]] && [[ ${FILE} =~ $FILTER_REGEX_EXCLUDE ]]; then
+      debug "FILTER_REGEX_EXCLUDE match. Skipping ${FILE}"
+      continue
+    fi
+
     # Editorconfig-checker should check every file
     FILE_ARRAY_EDITORCONFIG+=("${FILE}")
     # jscpd also runs an all files
diff --git a/lib/functions/worker.sh b/lib/functions/worker.sh
index f1a1d95a..b460b0bd 100755
--- a/lib/functions/worker.sh
+++ b/lib/functions/worker.sh
@@ -47,26 +47,6 @@ function LintCodebase() {
 
   debug "SKIP_FLAG: ${SKIP_FLAG}, list of files to lint: ${LIST_FILES[*]}"
 
-  #################################################
-  # Filter files if FILTER_REGEX_INCLUDE is set #
-  #################################################
-  if [[ -n "$FILTER_REGEX_INCLUDE" ]]; then
-    for index in "${!LIST_FILES[@]}"; do
-      [[ ! (${LIST_FILES[$index]} =~ $FILTER_REGEX_INCLUDE) ]] && unset -v 'LIST_FILES[$index]'
-    done
-    debug "List of files to lint after FILTER_REGEX_INCLUDE: ${LIST_FILES[*]}"
-  fi
-
-  #################################################
-  # Filter files if FILTER_REGEX_EXCLUDE is set #
-  #################################################
-  if [[ -n "$FILTER_REGEX_EXCLUDE" ]]; then
-    for index in "${!LIST_FILES[@]}"; do
-      [[ ${LIST_FILES[$index]} =~ $FILTER_REGEX_EXCLUDE ]] && unset -v 'LIST_FILES[$index]'
-    done
-    debug "List of files to lint after FILTER_REGEX_EXCLUDE: ${LIST_FILES[*]}"
-  fi
-
   ###############################
   # Check if any data was found #
   ###############################