diff --git a/sonar/ooxml-schema-encryption/pom.xml b/sonar/ooxml-schema-encryption/pom.xml
index aa723d0d6f..56d2976775 100644
--- a/sonar/ooxml-schema-encryption/pom.xml
+++ b/sonar/ooxml-schema-encryption/pom.xml
@@ -13,6 +13,11 @@
 
     <name>Apach POI - Openxmlformats Encryption Schema package</name>
 
+	<properties>
+		<!-- see http://docs.codehaus.org/display/SONAR/Narrowing+the+Focus for details of this property -->
+		<sonar.exclusions>target/generated-sources/*</sonar.exclusions>
+	</properties>
+  
     <build>
 		<plugins>
 			<plugin>
diff --git a/sonar/ooxml-schema/pom.xml b/sonar/ooxml-schema/pom.xml
index 92426b486b..453b53fa57 100644
--- a/sonar/ooxml-schema/pom.xml
+++ b/sonar/ooxml-schema/pom.xml
@@ -13,6 +13,11 @@
 
     <name>Apach POI - Openxmlformats Schema package</name>
 
+	<properties>
+		<!-- see http://docs.codehaus.org/display/SONAR/Narrowing+the+Focus for details of this property -->
+		<sonar.exclusions>target/generated-sources/*</sonar.exclusions>
+	</properties>
+  
     <build>
 		<plugins>
 			<!-- Download and unpack the OfficeOpenXML Schema and use xmlbeans to create classes from the XSDs -->
diff --git a/sonar/pom.xml b/sonar/pom.xml
index abc8375135..387ff8181a 100644
--- a/sonar/pom.xml
+++ b/sonar/pom.xml
@@ -64,9 +64,6 @@
 
 	<properties>
 		<project.build.sourceEncoding>ASCII</project.build.sourceEncoding>
-		
-		<!-- see http://docs.codehaus.org/display/SONAR/Narrowing+the+Focus for details of this property -->
-		<sonar.exclusions>com/microsoft/*,org/openxmlformats/*,schemasMicrosoftCom*</sonar.exclusions>
 	</properties>
   
     <build>