diff --git a/aio/tools/examples/shared/boilerplate/cli/src/tsconfig.app.json b/aio/tools/examples/shared/boilerplate/cli/src/tsconfig.app.json
index 4cb11999cd..dbbf994fa4 100644
--- a/aio/tools/examples/shared/boilerplate/cli/src/tsconfig.app.json
+++ b/aio/tools/examples/shared/boilerplate/cli/src/tsconfig.app.json
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
   "exclude": [
     "test.ts",
     "**/*.spec.ts",
+    "**/*.avoid.ts",
     "**/*.0.ts",
     "**/*.1.ts",
     "**/*.1b.ts",