diff --git a/conf/quality-config/pmd-ruleset.xml b/conf/quality-config/pmd-ruleset.xml
index de5ffdba606e8b2347c9f5515f25eca803cdc6d7..f97304d52c0d3c95764bb52bc68861b8a3a3f9e0 100644
--- a/conf/quality-config/pmd-ruleset.xml
+++ b/conf/quality-config/pmd-ruleset.xml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
   This ruleset checks my code for bad stuff
   </description>
 
-	<exclude-pattern></exclude-pattern>
+	<exclude-pattern>.*/org/graphdrawing/graphml/*.*</exclude-pattern>
 
 	<rule ref="rulesets/internal/all-java.xml"></rule>