diff --git a/scripts/run-regression-tests b/scripts/run-regression-tests
index 7e349839e..a50550eb7 100755
--- a/scripts/run-regression-tests
+++ b/scripts/run-regression-tests
@@ -179,7 +179,7 @@ function test_scst_tree_patches {
 # Only copy those files which are administered by Subversion.
 function duplicate_scst_source_tree {
   if [ -e "$1/AskingQuestions" ]; then
-    ( cd "$1" && svn status -v | cut -c41- \
+    ( cd "$1" && svn status -v | grep -v '^D' | cut -c41- \
       | while read f; do [ ! -d "$f" ] && echo "$f"; done ) \
     | tar -C "$1" --files-from=- -c -f - | tar -x -f -
   else