diff --git a/.aglintrc.yaml b/.aglintrc.yaml
index f0994d29f11..4d7fb8ac54f 100644
--- a/.aglintrc.yaml
+++ b/.aglintrc.yaml
@@ -70,9 +70,11 @@ rules:
       #
       # See example: https://regex101.com/r/L7CsOZ/1
       excludedRegExpPatterns:
+        # https://github.com/AdguardTeam/AdguardFilters/issues/223303
+        - \|\|newspicks\.com\^\$removeparam=ref$
         # https://github.com/uBlockOrigin/uAssets/issues/28368#issuecomment-3730694651
         # Broken videos on bloomberg.com
-        - (?=.*\|bloomberg\.com)^\/wrapperMessagingWithoutDetection\.js\$script,domain=
+        - (?=.*\|bloomberg\.com)^\/wrapperMessagingWithoutDetection\.js\$script,domain=        
         # Broken PerimeterX captcha
         - \|\|collector-.*\.px-cloud\.net\^
         # https://github.com/uBlockOrigin/uAssets/issues/31330
diff --git a/TrackParamFilter/sections/specific.txt b/TrackParamFilter/sections/specific.txt
index 310016cf641..17b4b2fa09b 100644
--- a/TrackParamFilter/sections/specific.txt
+++ b/TrackParamFilter/sections/specific.txt
@@ -701,7 +701,6 @@ $removeparam=cid,domain=nhk.jp|nhk.or.jp
 ! https://github.com/AdguardTeam/AdguardFilters/issues/193005
 ||newspicks.com^$removeparam=a
 ||newspicks.com^$removeparam=adid
-||newspicks.com^$removeparam=ref
 ||newspicks.com^$removeparam=block
 ! https://github.com/AdguardTeam/AdguardFilters/issues/192759
 ||wsj.com^$removeparam=mod
@@ -1234,7 +1233,6 @@ keepstreams.com^$removeparam=soft
 keepstreams.com^$removeparam=ad
 keepstreams.com^$removeparam=downloadmode
 ! https://github.com/AdguardTeam/AdguardFilters/issues/165022
-||newspicks.com^$removeparam=ref
 ||newspicks.com^$removeparam=ref_t
 ! https://github.com/AdguardTeam/AdguardFilters/issues/164620
 ||streamfab.jp^$removeparam=soft