diff --git a/src/coverlet.collector/DataCollection/CoverletSettingsParser.cs b/src/coverlet.collector/DataCollection/CoverletSettingsParser.cs
index 6ae8ba1bb..7d8fd0f16 100644
--- a/src/coverlet.collector/DataCollection/CoverletSettingsParser.cs
+++ b/src/coverlet.collector/DataCollection/CoverletSettingsParser.cs
@@ -131,13 +131,6 @@ private string[] ParseExcludeFilters(XmlElement configurationElement)
                 }
             }
 
-            // if we've only one element mean that we only added CoverletConstants.DefaultExcludeFilter
-            // so add default exclusions
-            if (excludeFilters.Count == 1)
-            {
-                excludeFilters.Add("[xunit*]*");
-            }
-
             return excludeFilters.ToArray();
         }
 
diff --git a/src/coverlet.console/Program.cs b/src/coverlet.console/Program.cs
index 80b8eec84..dfd138545 100644
--- a/src/coverlet.console/Program.cs
+++ b/src/coverlet.console/Program.cs
@@ -58,12 +58,6 @@ static int Main(string[] args)
                     logger.Level = verbosity.ParsedValue;
                 }
 
-                // We add default exclusion filter if no specified
-                if (excludeFilters.Values.Count == 0)
-                {
-                    excludeFilters.Values.Add("[xunit*]*");
-                }
-
                 Coverage coverage = new Coverage(module.Value,
                     includeFilters.Values.ToArray(),
                     includeDirectories.Values.ToArray(),
diff --git a/src/coverlet.msbuild.tasks/InstrumentationTask.cs b/src/coverlet.msbuild.tasks/InstrumentationTask.cs
index 35ed96b54..5242bdb03 100644
--- a/src/coverlet.msbuild.tasks/InstrumentationTask.cs
+++ b/src/coverlet.msbuild.tasks/InstrumentationTask.cs
@@ -104,12 +104,6 @@ public override bool Execute()
                 var excludedSourceFiles = _excludeByFile?.Split(',');
                 var excludeAttributes = _excludeByAttribute?.Split(',');
 
-                // We add default exclusion filter if no specified
-                if (excludeFilters is null || excludeFilters.Length == 0)
-                {
-                    excludeFilters = new string[] { "[xunit*]*" };
-                }
-
                 Coverage coverage = new Coverage(_path, includeFilters, includeDirectories, excludeFilters, excludedSourceFiles, excludeAttributes, _includeTestAssembly, _singleHit, _mergeWith, _useSourceLink, _logger);
                 CoveragePrepareResult prepareResult = coverage.PrepareModules();
                 InstrumenterState = new TaskItem(System.IO.Path.GetTempFileName());
diff --git a/test/coverlet.collector.tests/CoverletSettingsParserTests.cs b/test/coverlet.collector.tests/CoverletSettingsParserTests.cs
index 5b57a033e..f392dd4fa 100644
--- a/test/coverlet.collector.tests/CoverletSettingsParserTests.cs
+++ b/test/coverlet.collector.tests/CoverletSettingsParserTests.cs
@@ -78,33 +78,5 @@ private void CreateCoverletNodes(XmlDocument doc, XmlElement configElement, stri
             node.InnerText = nodeValue;
             configElement.AppendChild(node);
         }
-
-        [Fact]
-        public void ParseShouldSkipXunitModulesIfEmptyExclude()
-        {
-            var testModules = new List<string> { "abc.dll" };
-
-            CoverletSettings coverletSettings = _coverletSettingsParser.Parse(null, testModules);
-
-            Assert.Equal("[coverlet.*]*", coverletSettings.ExcludeFilters[0]);
-            Assert.Equal("[xunit*]*", coverletSettings.ExcludeFilters[1]);
-            Assert.Equal(2, coverletSettings.ExcludeFilters.Length);
-        }
-
-        [Fact]
-        public void ParseShouldNotSkipXunitModulesIfNotEmptyExclude()
-        {
-            var testModules = new List<string> { "abc.dll" };
-            var doc = new XmlDocument();
-            var configElement = doc.CreateElement("Configuration");
-            this.CreateCoverletNodes(doc, configElement, CoverletConstants.ExcludeFiltersElementName, "[coverlet.*.tests?]*");
-
-            CoverletSettings coverletSettings = _coverletSettingsParser.Parse(configElement, testModules);
-
-            Assert.Equal("[coverlet.*]*", coverletSettings.ExcludeFilters[0]);
-            Assert.Equal("[coverlet.*.tests?]*", coverletSettings.ExcludeFilters[1]);
-            Assert.Equal(2, coverletSettings.ExcludeFilters.Length);
-            Assert.DoesNotContain("[xunit*]*", coverletSettings.ExcludeFilters);
-        }
     }
 }