diff --git a/scripts/testing/runtest b/scripts/testing/runtest
index 263b94336..686434d3d 100755
--- a/scripts/testing/runtest
+++ b/scripts/testing/runtest
@@ -362,6 +362,7 @@ class Gather:
                         aout.extend([os.path.join(root, x) for x in dnames])
                 else:
                     aout.extend(glob.glob(x))
+                aout = [x for x in aout if not x.startswith('.#')]
                 return aout
 
             dirs = [for1(x) for x in re.split(r'\s+', dirs)]