diff --git a/source/creator/CMakeLists.txt b/source/creator/CMakeLists.txt
index eee64b97e82..050bc8ee608 100644
--- a/source/creator/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/source/creator/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -410,6 +410,7 @@ if(WITH_PYTHON)
     DESTINATION ${TARGETDIR_VER}
     PATTERN ".git" EXCLUDE
     PATTERN ".gitignore" EXCLUDE
+    PATTERN ".github" EXCLUDE
     PATTERN ".arcconfig" EXCLUDE
     PATTERN "__pycache__" EXCLUDE
     PATTERN "${ADDON_EXCLUDE_CONDITIONAL}" EXCLUDE