diff --git a/src/.clang-tidy b/src/.clang-tidy
index ad48a9ab03..734d20edd4 100644
--- a/src/.clang-tidy
+++ b/src/.clang-tidy
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-Checks:      -*,boost-use-to-string
+Checks:      -*,boost-use-to-string,readability-braces-around-statements
 FormatStyle: file
diff --git a/src/.clang-tidy b/src/leveldb/.clang-tidy
similarity index 100%
copy from src/.clang-tidy
copy to src/leveldb/.clang-tidy
diff --git a/src/.clang-tidy b/src/secp256k1/.clang-tidy
similarity index 100%
copy from src/.clang-tidy
copy to src/secp256k1/.clang-tidy
diff --git a/src/.clang-tidy b/src/univalue/.clang-tidy
similarity index 100%
copy from src/.clang-tidy
copy to src/univalue/.clang-tidy