diff --git a/archiva-modules/archiva-scheduler/archiva-scheduler-repository/pom.xml b/archiva-modules/archiva-scheduler/archiva-scheduler-repository/pom.xml
index 7fa0d043f..489d3e0ad 100644
--- a/archiva-modules/archiva-scheduler/archiva-scheduler-repository/pom.xml
+++ b/archiva-modules/archiva-scheduler/archiva-scheduler-repository/pom.xml
@@ -17,6 +17,13 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.archiva</groupId>
       <artifactId>repository-statistics</artifactId>
+      <exclusions>
+        <!-- interferes with tests -->
+        <exclusion>
+          <groupId>org.apache.archiva</groupId>
+          <artifactId>problem-reports</artifactId>
+        </exclusion>
+      </exclusions>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.archiva</groupId>