diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 12b40674905..fe1064cacca 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -81,7 +81,6 @@
     <cs.jstl.version>1.2</cs.jstl.version>
     <cs.selenium.server.version>1.0-20081010.060147</cs.selenium.server.version>
     <cs.vmware.api.version>4.1</cs.vmware.api.version>
-    <skipTests>true</skipTests>
 
   </properties>
 
diff --git a/server/pom.xml b/server/pom.xml
index 29922b62cb5..7f80acc22b5 100644
--- a/server/pom.xml
+++ b/server/pom.xml
@@ -88,6 +88,12 @@
         <configuration>
           <excludes>
             <exclude>com/cloud/upgrade/*</exclude>
+            <exclude>com/cloud/async/*</exclude>
+            <exclude>com/cloud/cluster/*</exclude>
+            <exclude>com/cloud/snapshot/*</exclude>
+            <exclude>com/cloud/storage/dao/*</exclude>
+            <exclude>com/cloud/vm/dao/*</exclude>
+            <exclude>com/cloud/vpc/*</exclude>
           </excludes>
         </configuration>
       </plugin>
diff --git a/utils/pom.xml b/utils/pom.xml
index 47e20eda59c..2e4e74f5411 100644
--- a/utils/pom.xml
+++ b/utils/pom.xml
@@ -161,6 +161,7 @@
         <configuration>
           <excludes>
             <exclude>com/cloud/utils/testcase/*TestCase*</exclude>
+            <exclude>com/cloud/utils/db/*Test*</exclude>
           </excludes>
         </configuration>
       </plugin>