diff --git a/search-services/alfresco-search/src/main/resources/solr/instance/alfrescoModels/README.txt b/search-services/alfresco-search/src/main/resources/solr/instance/alfrescoModels/README.txt
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+#From a clean install, this directory is empty.
+#When Solr first talks to Alfresco it pulls the model definitions into this directory.
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/search-services/alfresco-search/src/main/resources/solr/instance/alfrescoModels/cm.contentmodel.1505615645.xml b/search-services/alfresco-search/src/test/resources/test-files/alfrescoModels/cm.contentmodel.1505615645.xml
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rename from search-services/alfresco-search/src/main/resources/solr/instance/alfrescoModels/cm.contentmodel.1505615645.xml
rename to search-services/alfresco-search/src/test/resources/test-files/alfrescoModels/cm.contentmodel.1505615645.xml
diff --git a/search-services/alfresco-search/src/main/resources/solr/instance/alfrescoModels/cmis.cmismodel.1280296084.xml b/search-services/alfresco-search/src/test/resources/test-files/alfrescoModels/cmis.cmismodel.1280296084.xml
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rename from search-services/alfresco-search/src/main/resources/solr/instance/alfrescoModels/cmis.cmismodel.1280296084.xml
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diff --git a/search-services/alfresco-search/src/main/resources/solr/instance/alfrescoModels/d.dictionary.322997055.xml b/search-services/alfresco-search/src/test/resources/test-files/alfrescoModels/d.dictionary.322997055.xml
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rename from search-services/alfresco-search/src/main/resources/solr/instance/alfrescoModels/d.dictionary.322997055.xml
rename to search-services/alfresco-search/src/test/resources/test-files/alfrescoModels/d.dictionary.322997055.xml
diff --git a/search-services/alfresco-search/src/main/resources/solr/instance/alfrescoModels/sys.systemmodel.3546861458.xml b/search-services/alfresco-search/src/test/resources/test-files/alfrescoModels/sys.systemmodel.3546861458.xml
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rename from search-services/alfresco-search/src/main/resources/solr/instance/alfrescoModels/sys.systemmodel.3546861458.xml
rename to search-services/alfresco-search/src/test/resources/test-files/alfrescoModels/sys.systemmodel.3546861458.xml