diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 1d803e7..642b94a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ jobs:
           git clone https://github.com/cylc/cylc-flow examples/cylc-flow --single-branch --depth=1 --filter=blob:none
           rm examples/cylc-flow/tests/{f,i,k,u}
           rm examples/cylc-flow/etc/syntax/reference-files/*.cylc
+          xargs -a .github/workflows/parse-blacklist.txt rm
       - name: Parse examples
         uses: tree-sitter/parse-action@v4
         with:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/parse-blacklist.txt b/.github/workflows/parse-blacklist.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e3c6b35
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/parse-blacklist.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+examples/cylc-flow/tests/flakyfunctional/restart/lib/flow-runtime-restart.cylc
+examples/cylc-flow/tests/functional/broadcast/10-file-1/broadcast.cylc
+examples/cylc-flow/tests/functional/broadcast/11-file-2/broadcast-1.cylc
+examples/cylc-flow/tests/functional/broadcast/12-file-stdin/broadcast.cylc
+examples/cylc-flow/tests/functional/broadcast/13-file-cancel/broadcast-1.cylc
+examples/cylc-flow/tests/functional/cylc-combination-scripts/vr_workflow_fail_on_play/flow.cylc
+examples/cylc-flow/tests/functional/jinja2/cylc-include-badsyntax/flow-includeme.cylc
+examples/cylc-flow/tests/functional/jinja2/include/runtime.cylc
+examples/cylc-flow/tests/functional/jinja2/include-badsyntax/runtime-bad.cylc
+examples/cylc-flow/tests/functional/jinja2/include-incomplete/runtime-incomplete.cylc
+examples/cylc-flow/tests/functional/validate/02-scripting-quotes/flow.cylc
+examples/cylc-flow/tests/functional/validate/03-incomplete-quotes/flow.cylc
+examples/cylc-flow/tests/functional/validate/40-jinja2-template-syntax-error-main/flow.cylc
+examples/cylc-flow/tests/functional/validate/49-jinja2-undefined-error/flow.cylc
+examples/cylc-flow/tests/functional/workflow-state/02-validate-blank-command-scripting/flow.cylc
+examples/cylc-flow/tests/functional/workflow-state/11-multi/flow.cylc
+examples/cylc-flow/tests/functional/workflow-state/polling/flow.cylc
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