diff --git a/changelog.d/6512.misc b/changelog.d/6512.misc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..37a8099eec
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog.d/6512.misc
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Silence mypy errors for files outside those specified.
diff --git a/mypy.ini b/mypy.ini
index 1d77c0ecc8..a66434b76b 100644
--- a/mypy.ini
+++ b/mypy.ini
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 [mypy]
 namespace_packages = True
 plugins = mypy_zope:plugin
-follow_imports = normal
+follow_imports = silent
 check_untyped_defs = True
 show_error_codes = True
 show_traceback = True