diff --git a/.circleci/config.yml b/.circleci/config.yml
index 635bf9b0a9..18d519cf9a 100644
--- a/.circleci/config.yml
+++ b/.circleci/config.yml
@@ -165,6 +165,8 @@ jobs:
           name: filter out DONTCOVER
           command: |
             excludelist="$(find ./ -type f -name '*.go' | xargs grep -l 'DONTCOVER')"
+            excludelist+=" $(find ./ -type f -name '*.pb.go')"
+            excludelist+=" $(find ./ -type f -path './tests/mocks/*.go')"
             for filename in ${excludelist}; do
               filename=$(echo $filename | sed 's/^./github.com\/cosmos\/cosmos-sdk/g')
               echo "Excluding ${filename} from coverage report..."