diff --git a/qgis.spec b/qgis.spec
index 2ec6f98..2f7c347 100644
--- a/qgis.spec
+++ b/qgis.spec
@@ -273,6 +273,7 @@ popd
 %exclude %{_libdir}/qgis/libgrassrasterprovider7.so
 %exclude %{_libdir}/qgis/grass
 %endif
+%exclude %{_datadir}/qgis/%{sampledir}
 %license COPYING
 %doc BUGS README.md