diff --git a/test/README.md b/test/README.md
index d6dbfb5fb1..3e69765074 100644
--- a/test/README.md
+++ b/test/README.md
@@ -315,7 +315,7 @@ Use the `-v` option for verbose output.
 | [`lint-python.sh`](lint/lint-python.sh) | [pyzmq](https://github.com/zeromq/pyzmq)
 | [`lint-python-dead-code.py`](lint/lint-python-dead-code.py) | [vulture](https://github.com/jendrikseipp/vulture)
 | [`lint-shell.sh`](lint/lint-shell.sh) | [ShellCheck](https://github.com/koalaman/shellcheck)
-| [`lint-spelling.sh`](lint/lint-spelling.sh) | [codespell](https://github.com/codespell-project/codespell)
+| [`lint-spelling.py`](lint/lint-spelling.py) | [codespell](https://github.com/codespell-project/codespell)
 
 In use versions and install instructions are available in the [CI setup](../ci/lint/04_install.sh).
 
@@ -326,7 +326,7 @@ Please be aware that on Linux distributions all dependencies are usually availab
 Individual tests can be run by directly calling the test script, e.g.:
 
 ```
-test/lint/lint-files.sh
+test/lint/lint-files.py
 ```
 
 You can run all the shell-based lint tests by running:
diff --git a/test/lint/lint-spelling.py b/test/lint/lint-spelling.py
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..e462d9c59d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/lint/lint-spelling.py
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+#
+# Copyright (c) 2022 The Bitcoin Core developers
+# Distributed under the MIT software license, see the accompanying
+# file COPYING or http://www.opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php.
+
+"""
+Warn in case of spelling errors.
+Note: Will exit successfully regardless of spelling errors.
+"""
+
+from subprocess import check_output, STDOUT, CalledProcessError
+
+IGNORE_WORDS_FILE = 'test/lint/spelling.ignore-words.txt'
+FILES_ARGS = ['git', 'ls-files', '--', ":(exclude)build-aux/m4/", ":(exclude)contrib/seeds/*.txt", ":(exclude)depends/", ":(exclude)doc/release-notes/", ":(exclude)src/bip39_english.h", ":(exclude)src/dashbls/", ":(exclude)src/crc32c/", ":(exclude)src/crypto/", ":(exclude)src/ctpl_stl.h", ":(exclude)src/cxxtimer.hpp", ":(exclude)src/util/expected.h", ":(exclude)src/immer/", ":(exclude)src/leveldb/", ":(exclude)src/qt/locale/", ":(exclude)src/qt/*.qrc", ":(exclude)src/secp256k1/", ":(exclude)src/minisketch/", ":(exclude)src/univalue/", ":(exclude)contrib/builder-keys/", ":(exclude)contrib/guix/patches"]
+
+
+def check_codespell_install():
+    try:
+        check_output(["codespell", "--version"])
+    except FileNotFoundError:
+        print("Skipping spell check linting since codespell is not installed.")
+        exit(0)
+
+
+def main():
+    check_codespell_install()
+
+    files = check_output(FILES_ARGS).decode("utf-8").splitlines()
+    codespell_args = ['codespell', '--check-filenames', '--disable-colors', '--quiet-level=7', '--ignore-words={}'.format(IGNORE_WORDS_FILE)] + files
+
+    try:
+        check_output(codespell_args, stderr=STDOUT)
+    except CalledProcessError as e:
+        print(e.output.decode("utf-8"), end="")
+        print('^ Warning: codespell identified likely spelling errors. Any false positives? Add them to the list of ignored words in {}'.format(IGNORE_WORDS_FILE))
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    main()
diff --git a/test/lint/lint-spelling.sh b/test/lint/lint-spelling.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index f6fad489d5..0000000000
--- a/test/lint/lint-spelling.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,21 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env bash
-#
-# Copyright (c) 2018-2019 The Bitcoin Core developers
-# Distributed under the MIT software license, see the accompanying
-# file COPYING or http://www.opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php.
-#
-# Warn in case of spelling errors.
-# Note: Will exit successfully regardless of spelling errors.
-
-export LC_ALL=C
-
-if ! command -v codespell > /dev/null; then
-    echo "Skipping spell check linting since codespell is not installed."
-    exit 0
-fi
-
-IGNORE_WORDS_FILE="test/lint/spelling.ignore-words.txt"
-mapfile -t FILES < <(git ls-files -- ":(exclude)build-aux/m4/" ":(exclude)contrib/seeds/*.txt" ":(exclude)depends/" ":(exclude)doc/release-notes/" ":(exclude)src/bip39_english.h" ":(exclude)src/dashbls/" ":(exclude)src/crc32c/" ":(exclude)src/crypto/" ":(exclude)src/ctpl_stl.h" ":(exclude)src/cxxtimer.hpp" ":(exclude)src/util/expected.h" ":(exclude)src/immer/" ":(exclude)src/leveldb/" ":(exclude)src/qt/locale/" ":(exclude)src/qt/*.qrc" ":(exclude)src/secp256k1/" ":(exclude)src/minisketch/" ":(exclude)src/univalue/" ":(exclude)contrib/builder-keys/" ":(exclude)contrib/guix/patches")
-if ! codespell --check-filenames --disable-colors --quiet-level=7 --ignore-words=${IGNORE_WORDS_FILE} "${FILES[@]}"; then
-    echo "^ Warning: codespell identified likely spelling errors. Any false positives? Add them to the list of ignored words in ${IGNORE_WORDS_FILE}"
-fi