diff --git a/tools/check_source/check_licenses.py b/tools/check_source/check_licenses.py
index e4cd7721759..32dd4d88d70 100644
--- a/tools/check_source/check_licenses.py
+++ b/tools/check_source/check_licenses.py
@@ -430,12 +430,12 @@ def main() -> None:
                 # Directories:
                 # This is an exception, it has it's own CMake files we do not maintain.
                 "./extern",
-                "./release/scripts/addons_contrib",
+                "./scripts/addons_contrib",
                 # Just data.
                 "./doc/python_api/examples",
-                "./release/scripts/addons/presets",
-                "./release/scripts/presets",
-                "./release/scripts/templates_py",
+                "./scripts/addons/presets",
+                "./scripts/presets",
+                "./scripts/templates_py",
             ),
         ),
     )
diff --git a/tools/utils/autopep8_clean_config.py b/tools/utils/autopep8_clean_config.py
index 9c97d9ce7fc..5ed0657c06c 100644
--- a/tools/utils/autopep8_clean_config.py
+++ b/tools/utils/autopep8_clean_config.py
@@ -14,11 +14,11 @@ PATHS: Tuple[str, ...] = (
     "doc",
     "release/datafiles",
     "release/lts",
-    "release/scripts/freestyle",
-    "release/scripts/modules",
-    "release/scripts/presets",
-    "release/scripts/startup",
-    "release/scripts/templates_py",
+    "scripts/freestyle",
+    "scripts/modules",
+    "scripts/presets",
+    "scripts/startup",
+    "scripts/templates_py",
     "source/blender",
     "tools",
     "tests",
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ PATHS_EXCLUDE: Set[str] = set(
         "tools/svn_rev_map/sha1_to_rev.py",
         "tools/svn_rev_map/rev_to_sha1.py",
         "tools/svn_rev_map/rev_to_sha1.py",
-        "release/scripts/modules/rna_manual_reference.py",
+        "scripts/modules/rna_manual_reference.py",
     )
 )
 
diff --git a/tools/utils_maintenance/autopep8_format_paths.py b/tools/utils_maintenance/autopep8_format_paths.py
index e3b1223b5d7..c8991a10524 100755
--- a/tools/utils_maintenance/autopep8_format_paths.py
+++ b/tools/utils_maintenance/autopep8_format_paths.py
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ extensions = (
 )
 
 ignore_files = {
-    "release/scripts/modules/rna_manual_reference.py",  # Large generated file, don't format.
+    "scripts/modules/rna_manual_reference.py",  # Large generated file, don't format.
 }
 
 
diff --git a/tools/utils_maintenance/trailing_space_clean_config.py b/tools/utils_maintenance/trailing_space_clean_config.py
index 36d07a0fb6e..f768ed53c17 100644
--- a/tools/utils_maintenance/trailing_space_clean_config.py
+++ b/tools/utils_maintenance/trailing_space_clean_config.py
@@ -10,8 +10,8 @@ PATHS = (
     "intern/ghost",
     "intern/guardedalloc",
     "intern/memutil",
-    "release/scripts/modules",
-    "release/scripts",
+    "scripts/modules",
+    "scripts",
     "source",
     "tests",