diff --git a/sonar-project.properties b/sonar-project.properties
index f9cf29932d..a4f44affd9 100644
--- a/sonar-project.properties
+++ b/sonar-project.properties
@@ -11,10 +11,13 @@ sonar.organization=cosmos
 # Encoding of the source code. Default is default system encoding
 #sonar.sourceEncoding=UTF-8
 
+# All golang artifacts
 sonar.sources=.
-sonar.exclusions=**/*_test.go,**/vendor/**,**/testdata/*,**/*.pb.go,**/*.pb.gw.go,**/vue/**/*,**/integration-tests/**/*
-
+# Do not calculate coverage metrics for statements in these files
+sonar.exclusions=**/*_test.go,**/vendor/**,**/*.pb.go,**/*.pb.gw.go,proto,integration-tests,testutil
 sonar.tests=.
+# Run unit and e2e tests, but not integration tests
 sonar.test.inclusions=**/*_test.go
+# Do not run any vendor tests
 sonar.test.exclusions=**/vendor/**
 sonar.go.coverage.reportPaths=coverage.out