diff --git a/apache-maven/src/main/assembly/src.xml b/apache-maven/src/main/assembly/src.xml
index a9f50bb50d..f0d2008adf 100644
--- a/apache-maven/src/main/assembly/src.xml
+++ b/apache-maven/src/main/assembly/src.xml
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ under the License.
         <exclude>**/.gitignore</exclude>
         <exclude>**/.gitattributes</exclude>
         <exclude>init-git-svn.sh</exclude>
+        <exclude>.repository<exclude>
       </excludes>
     </fileSet>
     <fileSet>