diff --git a/scripts/coverity-scan/COMPONENTS.md b/scripts/coverity-scan/COMPONENTS.md
index 1537e49cd5a..98d4bcd6a50 100644
--- a/scripts/coverity-scan/COMPONENTS.md
+++ b/scripts/coverity-scan/COMPONENTS.md
@@ -1,157 +1,157 @@
 This is the list of currently configured Coverity components:
 
 alpha
-  ~ (/qemu)?((/include)?/hw/alpha/.*|/target/alpha/.*)
+  ~ .*/qemu((/include)?/hw/alpha/.*|/target/alpha/.*)
 
 arm
-  ~ (/qemu)?((/include)?/hw/arm/.*|(/include)?/hw/.*/(arm|allwinner-a10|bcm28|digic|exynos|imx|omap|stellaris|pxa2xx|versatile|zynq|cadence).*|/hw/net/xgmac.c|/hw/ssi/xilinx_spips.c|/target/arm/.*)
+  ~ .*/qemu((/include)?/hw/arm/.*|(/include)?/hw/.*/(arm|allwinner-a10|bcm28|digic|exynos|imx|omap|stellaris|pxa2xx|versatile|zynq|cadence).*|/hw/net/xgmac.c|/hw/ssi/xilinx_spips.c|/target/arm/.*)
 
 avr
-  ~ (/qemu)?((/include)?/hw/avr/.*|/target/avr/.*)
+  ~ .*/qemu((/include)?/hw/avr/.*|/target/avr/.*)
 
 cris
-  ~ (/qemu)?((/include)?/hw/cris/.*|/target/cris/.*)
+  ~ .*/qemu((/include)?/hw/cris/.*|/target/cris/.*)
 
 hexagon-gen (component should be ignored in analysis)
-  ~ (/qemu)?(/target/hexagon/.*generated.*)
+  ~ .*/qemu(/target/hexagon/.*generated.*)
 
 hexagon
-  ~ (/qemu)?(/target/hexagon/.*)
+  ~ .*/qemu(/target/hexagon/.*)
 
 hppa
-  ~ (/qemu)?((/include)?/hw/hppa/.*|/target/hppa/.*)
+  ~ .*/qemu((/include)?/hw/hppa/.*|/target/hppa/.*)
 
 i386
-  ~ (/qemu)?((/include)?/hw/i386/.*|/target/i386/.*|/hw/intc/[^/]*apic[^/]*\.c)
+  ~ .*/qemu((/include)?/hw/i386/.*|/target/i386/.*|/hw/intc/[^/]*apic[^/]*\.c)
 
 loongarch
-  ~ (/qemu)?((/include)?/hw/(loongarch/.*|.*/loongarch.*)|/target/loongarch/.*)
+  ~ .*/qemu((/include)?/hw/(loongarch/.*|.*/loongarch.*)|/target/loongarch/.*)
 
 m68k
-  ~ (/qemu)?((/include)?/hw/m68k/.*|/target/m68k/.*|(/include)?/hw(/.*)?/mcf.*|(/include)?/hw/nubus/.*)
+  ~ .*/qemu((/include)?/hw/m68k/.*|/target/m68k/.*|(/include)?/hw(/.*)?/mcf.*|(/include)?/hw/nubus/.*)
 
 microblaze
-  ~ (/qemu)?((/include)?/hw/microblaze/.*|/target/microblaze/.*)
+  ~ .*/qemu((/include)?/hw/microblaze/.*|/target/microblaze/.*)
 
 mips
-  ~ (/qemu)?((/include)?/hw/mips/.*|/target/mips/.*)
+  ~ .*/qemu((/include)?/hw/mips/.*|/target/mips/.*)
 
 openrisc
-  ~ (/qemu)?((/include)?/hw/openrisc/.*|/target/openrisc/.*)
+  ~ .*/qemu((/include)?/hw/openrisc/.*|/target/openrisc/.*)
 
 ppc
-  ~ (/qemu)?((/include)?/hw/ppc/.*|/target/ppc/.*|/hw/pci-host/(uninorth.*|dec.*|prep.*|ppc.*)|/hw/misc/macio/.*|(/include)?/hw/.*/(xics|openpic|spapr).*)
+  ~ .*/qemu((/include)?/hw/ppc/.*|/target/ppc/.*|/hw/pci-host/(uninorth.*|dec.*|prep.*|ppc.*)|/hw/misc/macio/.*|(/include)?/hw/.*/(xics|openpic|spapr).*)
 
 riscv
-  ~ (/qemu)?((/include)?/hw/riscv/.*|/target/riscv/.*|/hw/.*/(riscv_|ibex_|sifive_).*)
+  ~ .*/qemu((/include)?/hw/riscv/.*|/target/riscv/.*|/hw/.*/(riscv_|ibex_|sifive_).*)
 
 rx
-  ~ (/qemu)?((/include)?/hw/rx/.*|/target/rx/.*)
+  ~ .*/qemu((/include)?/hw/rx/.*|/target/rx/.*)
 
 s390
-  ~ (/qemu)?((/include)?/hw/s390x/.*|/target/s390x/.*|/hw/.*/s390_.*)
+  ~ .*/qemu((/include)?/hw/s390x/.*|/target/s390x/.*|/hw/.*/s390_.*)
 
 sh4
-  ~ (/qemu)?((/include)?/hw/sh4/.*|/target/sh4/.*)
+  ~ .*/qemu((/include)?/hw/sh4/.*|/target/sh4/.*)
 
 sparc
-  ~ (/qemu)?((/include)?/hw/sparc(64)?.*|/target/sparc/.*|/hw/.*/grlib.*|/hw/display/cg3.c)
+  ~ .*/qemu((/include)?/hw/sparc(64)?.*|/target/sparc/.*|/hw/.*/grlib.*|/hw/display/cg3.c)
 
 tricore
-  ~ (/qemu)?((/include)?/hw/tricore/.*|/target/tricore/.*)
+  ~ .*/qemu((/include)?/hw/tricore/.*|/target/tricore/.*)
 
 xtensa
-  ~ (/qemu)?((/include)?/hw/xtensa/.*|/target/xtensa/.*)
+  ~ .*/qemu((/include)?/hw/xtensa/.*|/target/xtensa/.*)
 
 9pfs
-  ~ (/qemu)?(/hw/9pfs/.*|/fsdev/.*)
+  ~ .*/qemu(/hw/9pfs/.*|/fsdev/.*)
 
 audio
-  ~ (/qemu)?((/include)?/(audio|hw/audio)/.*)
+  ~ .*/qemu((/include)?/(audio|hw/audio)/.*)
 
 block
-  ~ (/qemu)?(/block.*|(/include?)/(block|storage-daemon)/.*|(/include)?/hw/(block|ide|nvme)/.*|/qemu-(img|io).*|/util/(aio|async|thread-pool).*)
+  ~ .*/qemu(/block.*|(/include?)/(block|storage-daemon)/.*|(/include)?/hw/(block|ide|nvme)/.*|/qemu-(img|io).*|/util/(aio|async|thread-pool).*)
 
 char
-  ~ (/qemu)?(/qemu-char\.c|/include/sysemu/char\.h|(/include)?/hw/char/.*)
+  ~ .*/qemu(/qemu-char\.c|/include/sysemu/char\.h|(/include)?/hw/char/.*)
 
 crypto
-  ~ (/qemu)?((/include)?/crypto/.*|/hw/.*/.*crypto.*|(/include/sysemu|/backends)/cryptodev.*)
+  ~ .*/qemu((/include)?/crypto/.*|/hw/.*/.*crypto.*|(/include/sysemu|/backends)/cryptodev.*)
 
 disas
-  ~ (/qemu)?((/include)?/disas.*)
+  ~ .*/qemu((/include)?/disas.*)
 
 fpu
-  ~ (/qemu)?((/include)?(/fpu|/libdecnumber)/.*)
+  ~ .*/qemu((/include)?(/fpu|/libdecnumber)/.*)
 
 io
-  ~ (/qemu)?((/include)?/io/.*)
+  ~ .*/qemu((/include)?/io/.*)
 
 ipmi
-  ~ (/qemu)?((/include)?/hw/ipmi/.*)
+  ~ .*/qemu((/include)?/hw/ipmi/.*)
 
 migration
-  ~ (/qemu)?((/include)?/migration/.*)
+  ~ .*/qemu((/include)?/migration/.*)
 
 monitor
-  ~ (/qemu)?(/qapi.*|/qobject/.*|/monitor\..*|/[hq]mp\..*)
+  ~ .*/qemu(/qapi.*|/qobject/.*|/monitor\..*|/[hq]mp\..*)
 
 nbd
-  ~ (/qemu)?(/nbd/.*|/include/block/nbd.*|/qemu-nbd\.c)
+  ~ .*/qemu(/nbd/.*|/include/block/nbd.*|/qemu-nbd\.c)
 
 net
-  ~ (/qemu)?((/include)?(/hw)?/(net|rdma)/.*)
+  ~ .*/qemu((/include)?(/hw)?/(net|rdma)/.*)
 
 pci
-  ~ (/qemu)?(/include)?/hw/(cxl/|pci).*
+  ~ .*/qemu(/include)?/hw/(cxl/|pci).*
 
 qemu-ga
-  ~ (/qemu)?(/qga/.*)
+  ~ .*/qemu(/qga/.*)
 
 scsi
-  ~ (/qemu)?(/scsi/.*|/hw/scsi/.*|/include/hw/scsi/.*)
+  ~ .*/qemu(/scsi/.*|/hw/scsi/.*|/include/hw/scsi/.*)
 
 trace
-  ~ (/qemu)?(/.*trace.*\.[ch])
+  ~ .*/qemu(/.*trace.*\.[ch])
 
 ui
-  ~ (/qemu)?((/include)?(/ui|/hw/display|/hw/input)/.*)
+  ~ .*/qemu((/include)?(/ui|/hw/display|/hw/input)/.*)
 
 usb
-  ~ (/qemu)?(/hw/usb/.*|/include/hw/usb/.*)
+  ~ .*/qemu(/hw/usb/.*|/include/hw/usb/.*)
 
 user
-  ~ (/qemu)?(/linux-user/.*|/bsd-user/.*|/user-exec\.c|/thunk\.c|/include/user/.*)
+  ~ .*/qemu(/linux-user/.*|/bsd-user/.*|/user-exec\.c|/thunk\.c|/include/user/.*)
 
 util
-  ~ (/qemu)?(/util/.*|/include/qemu/.*)
+  ~ .*/qemu(/util/.*|/include/qemu/.*)
 
 vfio
-  ~ (/qemu)?(/include)?/hw/vfio/.*
+  ~ .*/qemu(/include)?/hw/vfio/.*
 
 virtio
-  ~ (/qemu)?(/include)?/hw/virtio/.*
+  ~ .*/qemu(/include)?/hw/virtio/.*
 
 xen
-  ~ (/qemu)?(.*/xen.*)
+  ~ .*/qemu(.*/xen.*)
 
 hvf
-  ~ (/qemu)?(.*/hvf.*)
+  ~ .*/qemu(.*/hvf.*)
 
 kvm
-  ~ (/qemu)?(.*/kvm.*)
+  ~ .*/qemu(.*/kvm.*)
 
 tcg
-  ~ (/qemu)?(/accel/tcg|/replay|/tcg)/.*
+  ~ .*/qemu(/accel/tcg|/replay|/tcg)/.*
 
 sysemu
-  ~ (/qemu)?(/system/.*|/accel/.*)
+  ~ .*/qemu(/system/.*|/accel/.*)
 
 (headers)
-  ~ (/qemu)?(/include/.*)
+  ~ .*/qemu(/include/.*)
 
 testlibs
-  ~ (/qemu)?(/tests/qtest(/libqos/.*|/libqtest.*))
+  ~ .*/qemu(/tests/qtest(/libqos/.*|/libqtest.*))
 
 tests
-  ~ (/qemu)?(/tests/.*)
+  ~ .*/qemu(/tests/.*)
