diff --git a/xdoc/plugin.jelly b/xdoc/plugin.jelly
index 3457cc44..dfa57015 100644
--- a/xdoc/plugin.jelly
+++ b/xdoc/plugin.jelly
@@ -471,8 +471,9 @@
       <!-- Copy user supplied htm/html -->
       <copy todir="${maven.docs.dest}" filtering="no">
         <fileset dir="${maven.docs.src}">
-          <include name="**/*.html"/>
-          <include name="**/*.htm"/>
+          <exclude name="**/*.xml"/>
+          <exclude name="**/CVS/*"/>
+          <exclude name="stylesheets/*"/>
         </fileset>
       </copy>