diff --git a/KF5PlasmaMacros.cmake b/KF5PlasmaMacros.cmake
index 8c8bf3ec9..24bebb40d 100644
--- a/KF5PlasmaMacros.cmake
+++ b/KF5PlasmaMacros.cmake
@@ -30,7 +30,6 @@ macro(plasma_install_package dir component)
       set(type applet)
    endif()
    install(DIRECTORY ${dir}/ DESTINATION ${PLASMA_DATA_INSTALL_DIR}/${root}/${component}
-           PATTERN .svn EXCLUDE
            PATTERN CMakeLists.txt EXCLUDE
            PATTERN README.txt EXCLUDE
            PATTERN Messages.sh EXCLUDE