diff --git a/ionic.conf.js b/ionic.conf.js
index b751a4d1e6f..0e85e41fcbd 100644
--- a/ionic.conf.js
+++ b/ionic.conf.js
@@ -28,12 +28,6 @@ module.exports = function(config) {
     ],
 
 
-    // list of files to exclude
-    exclude: [
-      '**/*.swp'
-    ],
-
-
     // test results reporter to use
     // possible values: 'dots', 'progress', 'junit', 'growl', 'coverage'
     reporters: ['progress'],