diff --git a/unittest/force-styles/check_tests.py b/unittest/force-styles/check_tests.py
index 5261c02330..df71640789 100755
--- a/unittest/force-styles/check_tests.py
+++ b/unittest/force-styles/check_tests.py
@@ -89,7 +89,9 @@ for header in headers:
                 if upper.match(style):
                     continue
                 if style in ['reax/c', 'reax/c/omp', 'reax/c/kk',
-                        'reax/c/kk/device', 'reax/c/kk/host', 'meam/c']:
+                        'reax/c/kk/device', 'reax/c/kk/host',
+                        'reax/c/species', 'reax/c/bonds',
+                        'reax/c/species/kk', 'reax/c/bonds/kk', 'meam/c']:
                     continue
 
                 # detect, process, and flag suffix styles: