diff --git a/components/polylith/bricks/component.py b/components/polylith/bricks/component.py
index 59c99d3a..f3b8e168 100644
--- a/components/polylith/bricks/component.py
+++ b/components/polylith/bricks/component.py
@@ -7,11 +7,17 @@
 from polylith.test import create_test
 
 
-def create_component(path: Path, namespace: str, package: str, description: Union[str, None]) -> None:
+def create_component(
+    path: Path, namespace: str, package: str, description: Union[str, None]
+) -> None:
     create_brick(path, components_dir, namespace, package, description)
     create_test(path, components_dir, namespace, package)
 
 
+def is_brick_dir(p: Path) -> bool:
+    return p.is_dir() and p.name not in {"__pycache__", ".venv", ".mypy_cache"}
+
+
 def get_component_dirs(root: Path, top_dir, ns) -> list:
     theme = workspace.parser.get_theme_from_config(root)
     dirs = top_dir if theme == "tdd" else f"{top_dir}/{ns}"
@@ -21,7 +27,7 @@ def get_component_dirs(root: Path, top_dir, ns) -> list:
     if not component_dir.exists():
         return []
 
-    return [f for f in component_dir.iterdir() if f.is_dir()]
+    return [f for f in component_dir.iterdir() if is_brick_dir(f)]
 
 
 def get_components_data(