diff --git a/tools/cleanup-excludelists.sh b/tools/cleanup-excludelists.sh
index cd88df4aa132..709bb0e38f2f 100755
--- a/tools/cleanup-excludelists.sh
+++ b/tools/cleanup-excludelists.sh
@@ -12,15 +12,24 @@ if [[ ! -e "$TEMP" ]]; then
 fi
 trap 'rm "$TEMP"' EXIT
 
-: > "$TEMP"
 mapfile -t files_to_lint < <(for f in $(jq -r '.[]' tools/eslint-excludelist.json); do [[ -e "$f" ]] && echo "$f"; done)
-pnpm run lint-file --max-warnings=0 --format=json --output-file="$TEMP" "${files_to_lint[@]}" || true
-[[ -s "$TEMP" ]] && jq -e '.' < "$TEMP" >/dev/null || die "No JSON data found"
-jq --tab -r --arg pwd "$PWD/" '[ .[] | select( .messages[0]?.ruleId ) | .filePath | ltrimstr($pwd) ] | sort' "$TEMP" > tools/eslint-excludelist.json
+if [[ ${#files_to_lint[@]} -eq 0 ]]; then
+	echo "No files are currently excluded in eslint-excludelist.json 🎉"
+else
+	: > "$TEMP"
+	pnpm run lint-file --max-warnings=0 --format=json --output-file="$TEMP" "${files_to_lint[@]}" || true
+	[[ -s "$TEMP" ]] && jq -e '.' < "$TEMP" >/dev/null || die "No JSON data found"
+	jq --tab -r --arg pwd "$PWD/" '[ .[] | select( .messages[0]?.ruleId ) | .filePath | ltrimstr($pwd) ] | sort' "$TEMP" > tools/eslint-excludelist.json
+fi
 
-: > "$TEMP"
-composer phpcs:lint -- -m --file-list=<(for f in $(jq -r '.[]' tools/phpcs-excludelist.json); do [[ -e "$f" ]] && echo $f; done) --report=json --report-file="$TEMP" || true
-[[ -s "$TEMP" ]] && jq -e '.' < "$TEMP" >/dev/null || die "No JSON data found"
-jq --tab -r --arg pwd "$PWD/" '[ .files | to_entries | .[] | select( .value.errors > 0 or .value.warnings > 0 ) | .key | ltrimstr($pwd) ] | sort' "$TEMP" > tools/phpcs-excludelist.json
+mapfile -t files_to_lint < <(for f in $(jq -r '.[]' tools/phpcs-excludelist.json); do [[ -e "$f" ]] && echo "$f"; done)
+if [[ ${#files_to_lint[@]} -eq 0 ]]; then
+	echo "No files are currently excluded in phpcs-excludelist.json 🎉"
+else
+	: > "$TEMP"
+	composer phpcs:lint -- -m --file-list=<( printf "%s\n" "${files_to_lint[@]}" ) --report=json --report-file="$TEMP" || true
+	[[ -s "$TEMP" ]] && jq -e '.' < "$TEMP" >/dev/null || die "No JSON data found"
+	jq --tab -r --arg pwd "$PWD/" '[ .files | to_entries | .[] | select( .value.errors > 0 or .value.warnings > 0 ) | .key | ltrimstr($pwd) ] | sort' "$TEMP" > tools/phpcs-excludelist.json
+fi
 
 git diff tools/eslint-excludelist.json tools/phpcs-excludelist.json