diff --git a/Package.swift b/Package.swift
index a4e4b4e0a..cd9524ee8 100644
--- a/Package.swift
+++ b/Package.swift
@@ -273,7 +273,8 @@ let package = Package(
                 .product(name: "NIOPosix", package: "swift-nio"),
                 .product(name: "NIOHTTP1", package: "swift-nio"),
                 .product(name: "NIOConcurrencyHelpers", package: "swift-nio"),
-            ]
+            ],
+            exclude: ["README.md"]
         ),
         .testTarget(
             name: "CloudHypervisorTests",