diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 941b01ba6..5cc86d464 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ shellcheck:
   extends:
     - .ubuntu-before_script
   script:
-  - apt-get install --no-install-recommends -y file shellcheck xmlstarlet
+  - apt-get install --no-install-recommends -y python3-minimal file shellcheck xmlstarlet
   - shellcheck --version
   - './tests/bin/shellcheck-tree --format=checkstyle
        | xmlstarlet tr tests/checkstyle2junit.xslt
diff --git a/utils/test/Makefile b/utils/test/Makefile
index bc9f49254..3eca84e72 100644
--- a/utils/test/Makefile
+++ b/utils/test/Makefile
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ ifndef USE_SYSTEM
 	fi
 endif
 
-COVERAGE_OMIT=test-*.py,common_test.py
+COVERAGE_OMIT=test-*.py,common_test.py,*/dist-packages/*
 ifneq ($(COVERAGE_OUT), )
 HTML_COVR_ARGS=-d $(COVERAGE_OUT)
 endif