diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index beebd807c7107..fcaa8ee97d706 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ def _load_py_module(fname, pkg="pytorch_lightning"):
     url=about.__homepage__,
     download_url='https://github.com/PyTorchLightning/pytorch-lightning',
     license=about.__license__,
-    packages=find_packages(exclude=['tests', 'tests/*', 'benchmarks', 'legacy', 'legacy/*']),
+    packages=find_packages(exclude=['tests', 'tests.*', 'benchmarks', 'legacy', 'legacy.*']),
     long_description=long_description,
     long_description_content_type='text/markdown',
     include_package_data=True,