diff --git a/.github/config/codeql-config.yml b/.github/config/codeql-config.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..dd94726dba
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/config/codeql-config.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+name: "CodeQL config"
+
+paths:
+  - src
diff --git a/.github/workflows/codeql-analysis.yml b/.github/workflows/codeql-analysis.yml
index c30bd4b44f..9138fc4a20 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/codeql-analysis.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/codeql-analysis.yml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ name: "Code scanning - action"
 
 on:
   push:
-    branches: ['*/dev','*/contrib', '*/feature/**']
+    branches: ['*/dev','*/contrib']
   pull_request:
     # The branches below must be a subset of the branches above
     branches: ['*/dev','*/contrib']
@@ -26,3 +26,5 @@ jobs:
 
     - name: Perform CodeQL Analysis
       uses: github/codeql-action/analyze@v1
+      with:
+        config-file: ./.github/config/codeql-config.yml
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