diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 8f96e2aa..d199e9d6 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ jobs:
       GO111MODULE=on go get mvdan.cc/sh/v3/cmd/shfmt;
       curl https://pre-commit.com/install-local.py | python3 -
     script:
-      pre-commit run --files `cat clean_files.txt`;
+      ./lint_clean_files.sh;
 
   - <<: *native_job
     name: Ubuntu 16.04
diff --git a/clean_files.txt b/clean_files.txt
index f0f8457e..32cede56 100644
--- a/clean_files.txt
+++ b/clean_files.txt
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
+lint_clean_files.sh
 themes/90210/90210.theme.bash
diff --git a/lint_clean_files.sh b/lint_clean_files.sh
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..a6d3cb92
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lint_clean_files.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+# Pull list of checkable files from clean_files.txt
+#
+mapfile -t FILES < clean_files.txt
+
+pre-commit run --files "${FILES[@]}"