diff --git a/conf/findbugs/exclude.xml b/conf/findbugs/exclude.xml
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+<FindBugsFilter>
+     <!--
+        Note: Exclusion definition exists in multiple places.
+        - In file ${findbugs.excludeFilterFile} defined at top of pom.xml (this file)
+        - maven-checkstyle-plugin configuration in pom.xml
+        - maven-pmd-plugin configuration in pom.xml
+     -->
+     <Match>
+       <Class name="~net.onrc.onos.datastore.RCProtos(.*)?" />
+     </Match>
+     <Match>
+       <Class name="~com.tinkerpop.blueprints.impls.ramcloud.RamCloudGraphProtos(.*)?" />
+     </Match>
+</FindBugsFilter>