diff --git a/java/ql/lib/semmle/code/java/dataflow/internal/ModelExclusions.qll b/java/ql/lib/semmle/code/java/dataflow/internal/ModelExclusions.qll
index 745cf7934f0..5f1996989ad 100644
--- a/java/ql/lib/semmle/code/java/dataflow/internal/ModelExclusions.qll
+++ b/java/ql/lib/semmle/code/java/dataflow/internal/ModelExclusions.qll
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ class TestLibrary extends RefType {
 /** Holds if the given file is a test file. */
 private predicate isInTestFile(File file) {
   file.getAbsolutePath().matches(["%/test/%", "%/guava-tests/%", "%/guava-testlib/%"]) and
-  not file.getAbsolutePath().matches("%/ql/test/%") // allows our test cases to work
+  not file.getAbsolutePath().matches(["%/ql/test/%", "%/ql/automodel/test/%"]) // allows our test cases to work
 }
 
 /** Holds if the given compilation unit's package is a JDK internal. */