diff --git a/.gn b/.gn
index d4ad959954..028a530ffd 100644
--- a/.gn
+++ b/.gn
@@ -11,7 +11,13 @@ buildconfig = "//build/config/BUILDCONFIG.gn"
 # matching these patterns (see "gn help label_pattern" for format) will have
 # their includes checked for proper dependencies when you run either
 # "gn check" or "gn gen --check".
-check_targets = []
+no_check_targets = [
+  "//:cppgc_base",
+  "//:v8_internal_headers",
+  "//src/inspector:inspector",
+  "//test/cctest:cctest_sources",
+  "//third_party/*",
+]
 
 # These are the list of GN files that run exec_script. This whitelist exists
 # to force additional review for new uses of exec_script, which is strongly