diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
index f36f5841c58..60b446d9559 100644
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -12,10 +12,10 @@ deps = -r{toxinidir}/test/utils/tox/requirements.txt
 whitelist_externals = make
 commands =
     python --version
-    py26: python -m compileall -fq -x 'test|samples|contrib/inventory/vagrant.py' lib test contrib
-    py27: python -m compileall -fq -x 'test|samples' lib test contrib
-    py34: python -m compileall -fq -x 'lib/ansible/module_utils|lib/ansible/modules' lib test contrib
-    py35: python -m compileall -fq -x 'lib/ansible/module_utils|lib/ansible/modules' lib test contrib
+    py26: python -m compileall -fq -x 'test/samples|contrib/inventory/vagrant.py' lib test contrib
+    py27: python -m compileall -fq -x 'test/samples' lib test contrib
+    py34: python -m compileall -fq -x 'test/samples|lib/ansible/module_utils|lib/ansible/modules' lib test contrib
+    py35: python -m compileall -fq -x 'test/samples|lib/ansible/module_utils|lib/ansible/modules' lib test contrib
     make tests