diff --git a/smithy-typescript-codegen/src/main/resources/software/amazon/smithy/typescript/codegen/tsconfig.json b/smithy-typescript-codegen/src/main/resources/software/amazon/smithy/typescript/codegen/tsconfig.json
index df1c92a6b97..07964b54c33 100644
--- a/smithy-typescript-codegen/src/main/resources/software/amazon/smithy/typescript/codegen/tsconfig.json
+++ b/smithy-typescript-codegen/src/main/resources/software/amazon/smithy/typescript/codegen/tsconfig.json
@@ -7,5 +7,6 @@
     "removeComments": true,
     "resolveJsonModule": true,
     "rootDir": "src"
-  }
+  },
+  "exclude": ["test/"]
 }