diff --git a/lint-release.xml b/lint-release.xml
index 1ca062d85e..b4c5db7ac5 100644
--- a/lint-release.xml
+++ b/lint-release.xml
@@ -77,6 +77,7 @@
         <ignore path="res/values-ind/" />
         <ignore path="res/values-is/" />
         <ignore path="res/values-it/" />
+        <ignore path="res/values-iw/" /> <!-- iw is special-cased: 0f795cea363ace67bd55ec56775c5beae73c7c9e -->
         <ignore path="res/values-ja/" />
         <ignore path="res/values-jv/" />
         <ignore path="res/values-ka/" />