diff --git a/apache-jsp/pom.xml b/apache-jsp/pom.xml
index f327831f240..16b6fbae64e 100644
--- a/apache-jsp/pom.xml
+++ b/apache-jsp/pom.xml
@@ -78,6 +78,13 @@
           </execution>
         </executions>
       </plugin>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>org.jacoco</groupId>
+        <artifactId>jacoco-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+        <configuration>
+          <skip>true</skip>
+        </configuration>
+      </plugin>
     </plugins>
   </build>
 
diff --git a/apache-jstl/pom.xml b/apache-jstl/pom.xml
index 54d154ca131..1f152a3c0e7 100644
--- a/apache-jstl/pom.xml
+++ b/apache-jstl/pom.xml
@@ -29,6 +29,13 @@
           </execution>
         </executions>
       </plugin>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>org.jacoco</groupId>
+        <artifactId>jacoco-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+        <configuration>
+          <skip>true</skip>
+        </configuration>
+      </plugin>
     </plugins>
   </build>
 
diff --git a/jetty-ant/pom.xml b/jetty-ant/pom.xml
index aa0899f4e79..ad32b9789bb 100644
--- a/jetty-ant/pom.xml
+++ b/jetty-ant/pom.xml
@@ -30,6 +30,13 @@
           </execution>
         </executions>
       </plugin>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>org.jacoco</groupId>
+        <artifactId>jacoco-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+        <configuration>
+          <skip>true</skip>
+        </configuration>
+      </plugin>
     </plugins>
   </build>
   <dependencies>
diff --git a/jetty-http-spi/pom.xml b/jetty-http-spi/pom.xml
index e021136c1b4..0005157d09f 100644
--- a/jetty-http-spi/pom.xml
+++ b/jetty-http-spi/pom.xml
@@ -68,6 +68,13 @@
           <onlyAnalyze>org.eclipse.jetty.http.spi.*</onlyAnalyze>
         </configuration>
       </plugin>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>org.jacoco</groupId>
+        <artifactId>jacoco-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+        <configuration>
+          <skip>true</skip>
+        </configuration>
+      </plugin>
     </plugins>
   </build>
 </project>
diff --git a/jetty-jspc-maven-plugin/pom.xml b/jetty-jspc-maven-plugin/pom.xml
index 534ee361123..f97d8d2e603 100644
--- a/jetty-jspc-maven-plugin/pom.xml
+++ b/jetty-jspc-maven-plugin/pom.xml
@@ -32,6 +32,13 @@
           </execution>
         </executions>
       </plugin>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>org.jacoco</groupId>
+        <artifactId>jacoco-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+        <configuration>
+          <skip>true</skip>
+        </configuration>
+      </plugin>
     </plugins>
   </build>
   <dependencies>
diff --git a/jetty-maven-plugin/pom.xml b/jetty-maven-plugin/pom.xml
index cd07ff70406..d63f4559980 100644
--- a/jetty-maven-plugin/pom.xml
+++ b/jetty-maven-plugin/pom.xml
@@ -35,6 +35,13 @@
           </execution>
         </executions>
       </plugin>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>org.jacoco</groupId>
+        <artifactId>jacoco-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+        <configuration>
+          <skip>true</skip>
+        </configuration>
+      </plugin>
     </plugins>
   </build>
   <dependencies>
diff --git a/jetty-osgi/pom.xml b/jetty-osgi/pom.xml
index 74c8661d0ce..b89016e727e 100644
--- a/jetty-osgi/pom.xml
+++ b/jetty-osgi/pom.xml
@@ -82,6 +82,13 @@
           </sourceExcludes>
         </configuration>
       </plugin>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>org.jacoco</groupId>
+        <artifactId>jacoco-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+        <configuration>
+          <skip>true</skip>
+        </configuration>
+      </plugin>
     </plugins>
   </build>
   <dependencyManagement>
diff --git a/jetty-spring/pom.xml b/jetty-spring/pom.xml
index 2f25b999117..8bd8e39bcd2 100644
--- a/jetty-spring/pom.xml
+++ b/jetty-spring/pom.xml
@@ -33,6 +33,13 @@
           </execution>
         </executions>
       </plugin>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>org.jacoco</groupId>
+        <artifactId>jacoco-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+        <configuration>
+          <skip>true</skip>
+        </configuration>
+      </plugin>
     </plugins>
   </build>
   <dependencies>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index c599ddebf4c..d22ed42d7c6 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -182,31 +182,6 @@
             <goals>
               <goal>prepare-agent</goal>
             </goals>
-            <configuration>
-              <!-- Coverage Exclusions list that Agent uses.
-                   The following classes will not be included
-                   in the jacoco.exec files.
-                   The list specified here is what classes in
-                   this multi-module project are not relevant
-                   to capture coverage information on.
-                   Don't worry about 3rd party libraries here.
-                    -->
-              <excludes>
-                <!-- build tools -->
-                <exclude>**/org/eclipse/jetty/ant/**</exclude>
-                <exclude>**/org/eclipse/jetty/maven/**</exclude>
-                <exclude>**/org/eclipse/jetty/jspc/**</exclude>
-                <!-- special environments -->
-                <exclude>**/org/eclipse/jetty/gcloud/**</exclude>
-                <exclude>**/org/eclipse/jetty/infinispan/**</exclude>
-                <exclude>**/org/eclipse/jetty/osgi/**</exclude>
-                <exclude>**/org/eclipse/jetty/spring/**</exclude>
-                <exclude>**/org/eclipse/jetty/http/spi/**</exclude>
-                <!-- test classes -->
-                <exclude>**/org/eclipse/jetty/tests/**</exclude>
-                <exclude>**/org/eclipse/jetty/test/**</exclude>
-              </excludes>
-            </configuration>
           </execution>
           <execution>
             <id>jacoco-site</id>
diff --git a/tests/test-webapps/pom.xml b/tests/test-webapps/pom.xml
index e22433328b5..df2ee6ee2d6 100644
--- a/tests/test-webapps/pom.xml
+++ b/tests/test-webapps/pom.xml
@@ -38,6 +38,13 @@
           <skip>true</skip>
         </configuration>
       </plugin>    
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>org.jacoco</groupId>
+        <artifactId>jacoco-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+        <configuration>
+          <skip>true</skip>
+        </configuration>
+      </plugin>
     </plugins>
   </build>
   <modules>