diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 36ee37e4..da6ac31a 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -113,7 +113,6 @@ source_pkgs = ["cattrs", "tests"]
 exclude_also = [
     "@overload",
     "if TYPE_CHECKING:",
-    "class .*\\bProtocol\\):",
     "class .*\\bProtocol(\\[.*\\])?\\):",
     "assert_never\\("
 ]