diff --git a/applets/systemtray/Messages.sh b/applets/systemtray/Messages.sh
index 7b6fc5d39..cd4a35a1c 100755
--- a/applets/systemtray/Messages.sh
+++ b/applets/systemtray/Messages.sh
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 #! /usr/bin/env bash
-$EXTRACTRC `find . -name \*.rc -o -name \*.ui -o -name \*.kcfg` >> rc.cpp
-$XGETTEXT `find . -name \*.js -o -name \*.qml -o -name \*.cpp` -o $podir/plasma_applet_org.kde.plasma.systemtray.pot
+$EXTRACTRC `find . \( -name \*.rc -o -name \*.ui -o -name \*.kcfg \) -not -path "./tests/*"` >> rc.cpp
+$XGETTEXT `find . \( -name \*.js -o -name \*.qml -o -name \*.cpp \) -not -path "./tests/*"` -o $podir/plasma_applet_org.kde.plasma.systemtray.pot
 rm rc.cpp