diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index e5229424..d81dd733 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -329,7 +329,7 @@ But if you wish to select or exclude specific linters, we give you full control
 | **TYPESCRIPT_ES_CONFIG_FILE**      | `.eslintrc.yml`                 | Filename for [ESLint configuration](https://eslint.org/docs/user-guide/configuring#configuration-file-formats) (ex: `.eslintrc.yml`, `.eslintrc.json`)                                                               |
 | **USE_FIND_ALGORITHM**             | `false`                         | By default, we use `git diff` to find all files in the workspace and what has been updated, this would enable the Linux `find` method instead to find all files to lint                                              |
 | **VALIDATE_ALL_CODEBASE**          | `true`                          | Will parse the entire repository and find all files to validate across all types. **NOTE:** When set to `false`, only **new** or **edited** files will be parsed for validation.                                     |
-| **VALIDATE_JSCPD_ALL_CODEBASE**    | `false`                         | If set to `true`, will lint the whole codebase with JSCPD, in addition to linting files with JSCPD one by one. If set to `false`, JSCPD will only lint files one by one.                                             |
+| **VALIDATE_JSCPD_ALL_CODEBASE**    | `false`                         | If set to `true`, will lint the whole codebase with JSCPD. If set to `false`, JSCPD will only lint files one by one.                                                                                                 |
 | **VALIDATE_ANSIBLE**               | `true`                          | Flag to enable or disable the linting process of the Ansible language.                                                                                                                                               |
 | **VALIDATE_ARM**                   | `true`                          | Flag to enable or disable the linting process of the ARM language.                                                                                                                                                   |
 | **VALIDATE_BASH**                  | `true`                          | Flag to enable or disable the linting process of the Bash language.                                                                                                                                                  |
diff --git a/lib/functions/buildFileList.sh b/lib/functions/buildFileList.sh
index 43d68dec..5a64e9da 100755
--- a/lib/functions/buildFileList.sh
+++ b/lib/functions/buildFileList.sh
@@ -316,8 +316,13 @@ function BuildFileList() {
 
     # Editorconfig-checker should check every file
     FILE_ARRAY_EDITORCONFIG+=("${FILE}")
-    # jscpd also runs an all files
-    FILE_ARRAY_JSCPD+=("${FILE}")
+
+    if [ "${VALIDATE_JSCPD_ALL_CODEBASE}" == "true" ]; then
+      debug "Not adding ${FILE} to FILE_ARRAY_JSCPD because we're going to lint the whole codebase anyway."
+    else
+      # jscpd also runs an all files
+      FILE_ARRAY_JSCPD+=("${FILE}")
+    fi
     # Need to make sure we dont check the secrets paterns
     # for secrets, as it will pop!
     if [ "${BASE_FILE}" != ".gitleaks.toml" ]; then