diff --git a/archive/releng.builder/tools/apitools/org.eclipse.wtp.releng.tools.component.core/src/org/eclipse/wtp/releng/tools/component/adopters/SimpleClass2Reference.java b/archive/releng.builder/tools/apitools/org.eclipse.wtp.releng.tools.component.core/src/org/eclipse/wtp/releng/tools/component/adopters/SimpleClass2Reference.java
index 42e28eac7cbf77d21900b97f54c00c4afc09faa0..a3cb3604b006623227a82e0ba87b295cd57aa744 100644
--- a/archive/releng.builder/tools/apitools/org.eclipse.wtp.releng.tools.component.core/src/org/eclipse/wtp/releng/tools/component/adopters/SimpleClass2Reference.java
+++ b/archive/releng.builder/tools/apitools/org.eclipse.wtp.releng.tools.component.core/src/org/eclipse/wtp/releng/tools/component/adopters/SimpleClass2Reference.java
@@ -633,7 +633,7 @@ public class SimpleClass2Reference implements IPlatformRunnable, IClassVisitor
     }
     if (excludes != null)
     {
-      args.add("excludes");
+      args.add("-excludes");
       args.addAll(tokenize(excludes));
     }
     if (includePlugins != null)