diff --git a/.pre-commit-config.yaml b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
index a20e7352..b16aa835 100644
--- a/.pre-commit-config.yaml
+++ b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
@@ -18,9 +18,6 @@ repos:
     hooks:
       - id: codespell
         files: ^.*\.(py|md|rst)$
-        # TODO: Remove after python version >= 3.11
-        additional_dependencies:
-          - tomli
   - repo: https://github.com/astral-sh/ruff-pre-commit
     rev: v0.5.6
     hooks:
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 4c619937..c89edb08 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -180,4 +180,7 @@ line-ending = "lf"
 
 [tool.codespell]
 write-changes = true
-ignore-words-list = ["num", "ans"]
+# this has to be a string of the form a,b,c
+# ignore-words-list = ""
+# ignore comments like: # codespell: ignore
+ignore-regex=".+# *codespell: *ignore.*"