diff --git a/inspec.gemspec b/inspec.gemspec
index 710a01658..51ca20dd5 100644
--- a/inspec.gemspec
+++ b/inspec.gemspec
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |spec|
   spec.homepage      = 'https://github.com/...'
   spec.license       = 'Proprietary'
 
-  spec.files         = `hash git 2>/dev/null && git ls-files -z`.split("\x0")
+  spec.files         = `hash git 2>/dev/null && git ls-files -z`.split("\x0").find_all { |x| x !~ /^\.delivery/ }
   spec.executables   = spec.files.grep(%r{^bin/}) { |f| File.basename(f) }
   spec.test_files    = spec.files.grep(%r{^(test|spec|features)/})
   spec.require_paths = ['lib']