diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index e7b4c5a068b..74c1ceb0afe 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -351,6 +351,7 @@
               <exclude>tools/appliance/definitions/devcloud/*</exclude>
               <exclude>tools/appliance/definitions/systemvmtemplate/*</exclude>
               <exclude>tools/appliance/definitions/systemvmtemplate64/*</exclude>
+              <exclude>tools/appliance/definitions/builtin/*</exclude>
               <exclude>tools/cli/cloudmonkey.egg-info/*</exclude>
               <exclude>tools/devcloud/src/deps/boxes/basebox-build/definition.rb</exclude>
               <exclude>tools/devcloud/src/deps/boxes/basebox-build/preseed.cfg</exclude>