diff --git a/tools/ci/executable-list.txt b/tools/ci/executable-list.txt
index ad304a0d1a..456a9d2958 100644
--- a/tools/ci/executable-list.txt
+++ b/tools/ci/executable-list.txt
@@ -63,7 +63,6 @@ tools/ci/test_build_system.sh
 tools/ci/test_build_system_cmake.sh
 tools/ci/test_check_kconfigs.py
 tools/ci/test_configure_ci_environment.sh
-tools/ci/utils.sh
 tools/cmake/convert_to_cmake.py
 tools/docker/entrypoint.sh
 tools/docker/hooks/build
diff --git a/tools/ci/utils.sh b/tools/ci/utils.sh
old mode 100755
new mode 100644