diff --git a/unittest/force-styles/check_tests.py b/unittest/force-styles/check_tests.py
index 4dba8f9b9e..7305168ecb 100755
--- a/unittest/force-styles/check_tests.py
+++ b/unittest/force-styles/check_tests.py
@@ -88,10 +88,9 @@ for header in headers:
                 style = m[1]
                 if upper.match(style):
                     continue
-                if style in ['reax/c', 'reax/c/omp', 'reax/c/kk',
-                        'reax/c/kk/device', 'reax/c/kk/host',
-                        'reax/c/species', 'reax/c/bonds',
-                        'reax/c/species/kk', 'reax/c/bonds/kk', 'meam/c']:
+                if style in ['lj/sdk', 'lj/sdk/coul/long', 'lj/sdk/coul/msm', 'sdk', 'lj/sdk/gpu',
+                             'lj/sdk/coul/long/gpu', 'lj/sdk/omp', 'lj/sdk/coul/long/omp', 'sdk/omp',
+                             'lj/sdk/coul/msm/omp', 'lj/sdk/kk', 'lj/sdk/coul/long/kk', 'sdk/kk']:
                     continue
 
                 # detect, process, and flag suffix styles:
@@ -176,11 +175,12 @@ def check_tests(name,styles,yaml,search,skip=()):
 
 counter = 0
 counter += check_tests('pair',pair,'*-pair-*.yaml',
-                       '.*pair_style:\\s*((\\S+).*)?',skip=('meam','lj/sf'))
+                       '.*pair_style:\\s*((\\S+).*)?',
+                       skip=('lj/sf','lj/sdk', 'lj/sdk/coul/long', 'lj/sdk/coul/msm'))
 counter += check_tests('bond',bond,'bond-*.yaml',
                        '.*bond_style:\\s*((\\S+).*)?')
 counter += check_tests('angle',angle,'angle-*.yaml',
-                       '.*angle_style:\\s*((\\S+).*)?')
+                       '.*angle_style:\\s*((\\S+).*)?', skip=('sdk'))
 counter += check_tests('dihedral',dihedral,'dihedral-*.yaml',
                        '.*dihedral_style:\\s*((\\S+).*)?')
 counter += check_tests('improper',improper,'improper-*.yaml',