diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index c818d2926e3..3fa34cd1d20 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -567,9 +567,6 @@
                         <systemPropertyVariables>
                             <jacoco-agent.destfile>${project.build.directory}/jacoco.exec</jacoco-agent.destfile>
                         </systemPropertyVariables>
-                        <excludes>
-                            <exclude>**/*IT.java</exclude>
-                        </excludes>
                         <classpathDependencyExcludes>
                             <!--
                                 The logger provider & bridges declared under 'provided' scope should be explicitly excluded from testing as below.