diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 9e51a70eb1..d0b3de9640 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -53,5 +53,5 @@ before_script:
 script:
   - ./tools/ci/travis-script.sh
 after_success:
-  - cpp-coveralls --exclude-pattern "/usr/*" --dump cpp_cov.json
+  - cpp-coveralls --exclude-pattern "/usr/*" -e "build" --dump cpp_cov.json
   - coveralls --merge=cpp_cov.json