diff --git a/phpunit.xml.dist b/phpunit.xml.dist
index c022926346..83e71877ba 100644
--- a/phpunit.xml.dist
+++ b/phpunit.xml.dist
@@ -43,12 +43,10 @@
             <exclude>
                 <!-- composer packages -->
                 <directory>vendor/</directory>
-                <!-- excluding the tests from the coverage -->
-                <directory>test/</directory>
                 <!-- we don't care about coverage of embedded libraries -->
                 <directory suffix=".inc">libraries/php-gettext</directory>
-                <directory suffix=".php">libraries/bfShapeFiles</directory>
                 <directory suffix=".php">libraries/php-gettext</directory>
+                <directory suffix=".php">libraries/bfShapeFiles</directory>
                 <!-- code sniffer checker -->
                 <directory suffix=".php">PMAStandard</directory>
                 <!-- examples for users -->