diff --git a/packages/core/strapi/lib/core/load-admin.js b/packages/core/strapi/lib/core/load-admin.js
index 9944a7b56c..0a9b5234dc 100644
--- a/packages/core/strapi/lib/core/load-admin.js
+++ b/packages/core/strapi/lib/core/load-admin.js
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ const mergeRoutes = (a, b, key) =>
 module.exports = async strapi => {
   const adminPath = findPackagePath('@strapi/admin');
   const [files, config] = await Promise.all([
-    loadFiles(adminPath, '!(config|node_modules|tests|ee|scripts)/*.*(js|json)'),
+    loadFiles(adminPath, '!(config|node_modules|tests|ee|build|scripts)/*.*(js|json)'),
     loadConfig(adminPath),
   ]);