diff --git a/distribution/build.gradle b/distribution/build.gradle
index 3b5777fc71b..8026f596bfa 100644
--- a/distribution/build.gradle
+++ b/distribution/build.gradle
@@ -395,6 +395,7 @@ configure(subprojects.findAll { ['archives', 'packages'].contains(it.name) }) {
       }
       return copySpec {
         from project.jdks."bundled_${platform}"
+        exclude "demo/**"
         eachFile { FileCopyDetails details ->
           if (details.relativePath.segments[-2] == 'bin' || details.relativePath.segments[-1] == 'jspawnhelper') {
             details.mode = 0755
diff --git a/qa/os/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/packaging/test/DebMetadataTests.java b/qa/os/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/packaging/test/DebMetadataTests.java
index d484e92a302..0a291a9c40d 100644
--- a/qa/os/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/packaging/test/DebMetadataTests.java
+++ b/qa/os/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/packaging/test/DebMetadataTests.java
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@ import org.elasticsearch.packaging.util.Distribution;
 import org.elasticsearch.packaging.util.FileUtils;
 import org.elasticsearch.packaging.util.Shell;
 import org.junit.Before;
-import org.junit.Ignore;
 
 import java.util.regex.Pattern;
 
@@ -38,7 +37,6 @@ public class DebMetadataTests extends PackagingTestCase {
         assumeTrue("only deb", distribution.packaging == Distribution.Packaging.DEB);
     }
 
-    @Ignore
     public void test05CheckLintian() {
         sh.run("lintian --fail-on-warnings " + FileUtils.getDistributionFile(distribution()));
     }