diff --git a/project/AkkaBuild.scala b/project/AkkaBuild.scala
index 8b9e7e35d9..4c02878eac 100644
--- a/project/AkkaBuild.scala
+++ b/project/AkkaBuild.scala
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ object AkkaBuild extends Build {
       parallelExecution in GlobalScope := System.getProperty("akka.parallelExecution", "false").toBoolean,
       Publish.defaultPublishTo in ThisBuild <<= crossTarget / "repository",
       Unidoc.unidocExclude := Seq(samples.id),
-      Dist.distExclude := Seq(actorTests.id, akkaSbtPlugin.id, docs.id),
+      Dist.distExclude := Seq(actorTests.id, akkaSbtPlugin.id, docs.id, samples.id),
       initialCommands in ThisBuild :=
         """|import language.postfixOps
            |import akka.actor._