diff --git a/rpminspect.yaml b/rpminspect.yaml
index fea3fc8..9aaf94f 100644
--- a/rpminspect.yaml
+++ b/rpminspect.yaml
@@ -15,6 +15,14 @@ debuginfo:
 elf:
   exclude_path: ^/usr/share/qemu/(u-boot.e500|hppa-firmware.img)$
 
-# CryptoPkg fuzz tests have invalid unicode, but I assume that's intentional
-unicode:
-  exclude: .*edk2/CryptoPkg.*
+
+# bundled edk2 source CryptoPkg fuzz tests have invalid unicode,
+# but I assume that's intentional
+#
+# We would exclude that path using `unicode:` section, but fedora CI
+# doesn't allow it:
+# rpminspect: *** ignoring 'unicode' section in ...rpminspect.yaml; only allowed in system-wide configuration
+#
+# So instead we fully disable the unicode check
+inspections:
+  unicode: off