diff --git a/scripts/test_runner.py b/scripts/test_runner.py
index d048cfb9..45a66327 100644
--- a/scripts/test_runner.py
+++ b/scripts/test_runner.py
@@ -105,7 +105,8 @@ def _run_tests(self, paths):
                 logging.warning(" * Test exited with failure status %d", ret)
 
             if self.report:
-                exec_command(['coverage', 'xml'],
+                exec_command(['coverage', 'xml',
+                              '--omit', 'tests,holland/cli/backports,/usr/'],
                              cwd=path,
                              close_fds=True)