diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 067034341f8896dc17de99be09fc7de08e74bdd4..e778e09d8c3c4ad9d0310362e083694a37f6699f 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ setuptools.setup(
         "h5py",
         "pyyaml",
     ],
-    packages=setuptools.find_packages(exclude=('notebook',)),
+    packages=setuptools.find_packages(exclude=('notebook','tests',)),
     author="BlueBrain Project, EPFL",
     author_email="werner.vangeit@epfl.ch",
     description="Model Management Python Library (bluepymm)",