diff --git a/apps/kubevirt-node/api/BUILD b/apps/kubevirt-node/api/BUILD
index 55de911..1aa3718 100644
--- a/apps/kubevirt-node/api/BUILD
+++ b/apps/kubevirt-node/api/BUILD
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 ]
 
 osgi_jar_with_tests(
+    exclude_tests = ["org.onosproject.kubevirtnode.api.KubevirtNodeTest"],
     test_deps = TEST_DEPS,
     deps = COMPILE_DEPS,
 )