diff --git a/build-clover.xml b/build-clover.xml
index 68dfc0ffe97..a13c00fc748 100644
--- a/build-clover.xml
+++ b/build-clover.xml
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@
     <mkdir dir="${clover.report.dir}"/>
     <fileset dir="." id="clover.test.result.files">
       <include name="*/build/**/test/TEST-*.xml"/>
+      <exclude name="lucene/build/backwards/test/TEST-*.xml"/>
     </fileset>
     <clover-report>
       <current outfile="${clover.report.dir}" title="${final.name}" numThreads="0">