diff --git a/distribution/activemq/src/main/assembly/source-assembly.xml b/distribution/activemq/src/main/assembly/source-assembly.xml
index 1f2b91f9b3..35033aafca 100644
--- a/distribution/activemq/src/main/assembly/source-assembly.xml
+++ b/distribution/activemq/src/main/assembly/source-assembly.xml
@@ -37,6 +37,10 @@
          <!-- TODO These excludes were lifted from maven-resources-apache-source-release-assembly-descriptor-1.0.4. We
          should use this descriptor directly in future -->
          <excludes>
+            <exclude>tests/integration-tests/</exclude>
+            <exclude>tests/jms-tests/</exclude>
+            <exclude>tests/byteman-tests/</exclude>
+
             <!--  build output  -->
             <exclude>
                %regex[(?!((?!${project.build.directory}/)[^/]+/)*src/).*${project.build.directory}.*]