diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 85bd15558efab9998e9f052e06f8a565da82d26b..74f09c1eef4da09b2a36c984068bc875bbfa3420 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ black:
   image: registry.getnoc.com/infrastructure/black:master
   script:
     - set -x
-    - FLIST=$(git --no-pager diff --name-only $CI_COMMIT_SHA $(git merge-base origin/$CI_MERGE_REQUEST_TARGET_BRANCH_NAME $CI_COMMIT_SHA) | egrep ".py$" | grep -v ".docker/"|| true)
+    - FLIST=$(git --no-pager diff --diff-filter=d --name-only $CI_COMMIT_SHA $(git merge-base origin/$CI_MERGE_REQUEST_TARGET_BRANCH_NAME $CI_COMMIT_SHA) | egrep ".py$" | grep -v ".docker/"|| true)
     - >
       if [ ! -z "$FLIST" ];
       then