diff --git a/ci/code_checks.sh b/ci/code_checks.sh
index 7b223a553e114..15b4128424eb1 100755
--- a/ci/code_checks.sh
+++ b/ci/code_checks.sh
@@ -102,17 +102,17 @@ if [[ -z "$CHECK" || "$CHECK" == "lint" ]]; then
 
     MSG='Check for use of not concatenated strings' ; echo $MSG
     if [[ "$GITHUB_ACTIONS" == "true" ]]; then
-        $BASE_DIR/scripts/validate_string_concatenation.py --validation-type="strings_to_concatenate" --format="##[error]{source_path}:{line_number}:{msg}" .
+        $BASE_DIR/scripts/validate_unwanted_patterns.py --validation-type="strings_to_concatenate" --format="##[error]{source_path}:{line_number}:{msg}" .
     else
-        $BASE_DIR/scripts/validate_string_concatenation.py --validation-type="strings_to_concatenate" .
+        $BASE_DIR/scripts/validate_unwanted_patterns.py --validation-type="strings_to_concatenate" .
     fi
     RET=$(($RET + $?)) ; echo $MSG "DONE"
 
     MSG='Check for strings with wrong placed spaces' ; echo $MSG
     if [[ "$GITHUB_ACTIONS" == "true" ]]; then
-        $BASE_DIR/scripts/validate_string_concatenation.py --validation-type="strings_with_wrong_placed_whitespace" --format="##[error]{source_path}:{line_number}:{msg}" .
+        $BASE_DIR/scripts/validate_unwanted_patterns.py --validation-type="strings_with_wrong_placed_whitespace" --format="##[error]{source_path}:{line_number}:{msg}" .
     else
-        $BASE_DIR/scripts/validate_string_concatenation.py --validation-type="strings_with_wrong_placed_whitespace" .
+        $BASE_DIR/scripts/validate_unwanted_patterns.py --validation-type="strings_with_wrong_placed_whitespace" .
     fi
     RET=$(($RET + $?)) ; echo $MSG "DONE"
 
diff --git a/scripts/tests/test_validate_unwanted_patterns.py b/scripts/tests/test_validate_unwanted_patterns.py
index 6ad5ab44a29d6..b6cfa20cd7ca0 100644
--- a/scripts/tests/test_validate_unwanted_patterns.py
+++ b/scripts/tests/test_validate_unwanted_patterns.py
@@ -2,10 +2,7 @@
 
 import pytest
 
-# TODO: change this import to "import validate_unwanted_patterns"
-# when renaming "scripts/validate_string_concatenation.py" to
-# "scripts/validate_unwanted_patterns.py"
-import validate_string_concatenation as validate_unwanted_patterns
+import validate_unwanted_patterns
 
 
 class TestBarePytestRaises:
diff --git a/scripts/validate_string_concatenation.py b/scripts/validate_unwanted_patterns.py
similarity index 100%
rename from scripts/validate_string_concatenation.py
rename to scripts/validate_unwanted_patterns.py