diff --git a/AWSSDKSwiftCLI/Sources/AWSSDKSwiftCLI/Commands/PrepareRelease.swift b/AWSSDKSwiftCLI/Sources/AWSSDKSwiftCLI/Commands/PrepareRelease.swift
index 4c035a8e096..04e2a47b693 100644
--- a/AWSSDKSwiftCLI/Sources/AWSSDKSwiftCLI/Commands/PrepareRelease.swift
+++ b/AWSSDKSwiftCLI/Sources/AWSSDKSwiftCLI/Commands/PrepareRelease.swift
@@ -164,7 +164,6 @@ struct PrepareRelease {
                 "Package.version",
                 "packageDependencies.plist",
                 "Sources/Services",
-                "Tests/Services",
                 "Sources/Core/AWSSDKForSwift/Documentation.docc/AWSSDKForSwift.md"
             ]
         case .smithySwift:
diff --git a/AWSSDKSwiftCLI/Tests/AWSSDKSwiftCLITests/Commands/PrepareReleaseTests.swift b/AWSSDKSwiftCLI/Tests/AWSSDKSwiftCLITests/Commands/PrepareReleaseTests.swift
index f2662b922eb..f9b1a9cb4d6 100644
--- a/AWSSDKSwiftCLI/Tests/AWSSDKSwiftCLITests/Commands/PrepareReleaseTests.swift
+++ b/AWSSDKSwiftCLI/Tests/AWSSDKSwiftCLITests/Commands/PrepareReleaseTests.swift
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ class PrepareReleaseTests: CLITestCase {
         ProcessRunner.testRunner = runner
         let subject = PrepareRelease.mock(repoType: .awsSdkSwift)
         try! subject.stageFiles()
-        XCTAssertTrue(command.hasSuffix("git add Package.swift Package.version packageDependencies.plist Sources/Services Tests/Services Sources/Core/AWSSDKForSwift/Documentation.docc/AWSSDKForSwift.md"))
+        XCTAssertTrue(command.hasSuffix("git add Package.swift Package.version packageDependencies.plist Sources/Services Sources/Core/AWSSDKForSwift/Documentation.docc/AWSSDKForSwift.md"))
     }
     
     func testStageFilesForSmithySwift() {