diff --git a/dashboard/plugin.properties b/dashboard/plugin.properties
index 6c43b771..c4af6878 100644
--- a/dashboard/plugin.properties
+++ b/dashboard/plugin.properties
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 
 maven.dashboard.basedir=${basedir}
 maven.dashboard.includes=*/project.xml
-maven.dashboard.excludes=**/target/**/project.xml,project.xml
+maven.dashboard.excludes=**/target/**/project.xml
 maven.dashboard.ignoreFailures=false
 
 # Generated dashboard xml data file
diff --git a/dashboard/xdocs/changes.xml b/dashboard/xdocs/changes.xml
index 20474947..b27b9fe1 100644
--- a/dashboard/xdocs/changes.xml
+++ b/dashboard/xdocs/changes.xml
@@ -8,6 +8,11 @@
   <body>
 
     <release version="1.1" date="in CVS">
+      <action dev="vmassol" type="fix">
+        Do not exclude <code>project.xml</code> in the default 
+        <code>maven.dashboard.excludes</code> list as it is already excluded
+        by the default <code>maven.dashboard.includes</code> list.
+      </action>
     </release>
 
     <release version="1.0" date="2003-11-10">