diff --git a/scripts/list-unused-rules.php b/scripts/list-unused-rules.php
index 179a2c9edb4..d8281ef9417 100644
--- a/scripts/list-unused-rules.php
+++ b/scripts/list-unused-rules.php
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 declare(strict_types=1);
 
 use Rector\Bridge\SetRectorsResolver;
+use Rector\Contract\Rector\ConfigurableRectorInterface;
 use Rector\Scripts\Finder\RectorClassFinder;
 use Rector\Scripts\Finder\RectorSetFilesFinder;
 use Symfony\Component\Console\Input\ArrayInput;
@@ -45,12 +46,23 @@
 
 $unusedRectorRules = array_diff($rectorClasses, $usedRectorRules);
 
+// configurable rules require own configuration, without it they do nothing - they can never be part of a set
+$configurableRectorRules = array_filter(
+    $unusedRectorRules,
+    static fn (string $rectorClass): bool => is_a($rectorClass, ConfigurableRectorInterface::class, true)
+);
+
+$unusedRectorRules = array_diff($unusedRectorRules, $configurableRectorRules);
+
 $symfonyStyle->newLine();
 $symfonyStyle->listing($unusedRectorRules);
 
 $symfonyStyle->writeln(
     sprintf('<fg=yellow;options=bold>Found %d Rector rules not in any set</>', count($unusedRectorRules))
 );
+$symfonyStyle->writeln(
+    sprintf('<fg=green>Skipped %d configurable Rector rules</>', count($configurableRectorRules))
+);
 $symfonyStyle->newLine();
 
 final class UsedRectorClassResolver