diff --git a/src/integrationtest/org/apache/poi/TestAllFiles.java b/src/integrationtest/org/apache/poi/TestAllFiles.java
index b2bc251f8..f828bf286 100644
--- a/src/integrationtest/org/apache/poi/TestAllFiles.java
+++ b/src/integrationtest/org/apache/poi/TestAllFiles.java
@@ -223,6 +223,7 @@ public class TestAllFiles {
     public static Iterable<Object[]> files() {
         DirectoryScanner scanner = new DirectoryScanner();
         scanner.setBasedir(new File("test-data"));
+        scanner.setExcludes(new String[] { "**/.svn" });
         
         scanner.scan();