diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 9e56161d..0eead40d 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ else:
keywords=["neuron", "network", "developing", "framework", "biological", "simulation"],
# You can just specify the packages manually here if your project is
# simple. Or you can use find_packages().
- packages=find_packages(exclude=["saveLoadV1"]),
+ packages=find_packages(exclude=["saveLoadV1", "tests*"]),
# List run-time dependencies here. These will be installed by pip when
# your project is installed. For an analysis of "install_requires" vs pip's
# requirements files see: