diff --git a/e2e/protractor.excludes.json b/e2e/protractor.excludes.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..be010c5ce9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/e2e/protractor.excludes.json
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+{
+  "C260249" : "REPO-4772 ACS 6.2",
+  "C291954" : "AAE-1179 Group Task",
+  "C291955" : "AAE-1179 Group Task"
+}
diff --git a/protractor.conf.ts b/protractor.conf.ts
index c984c6dac8..abd96e61e3 100644
--- a/protractor.conf.ts
+++ b/protractor.conf.ts
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ exports.config = {
         defaultTimeoutInterval: 120000,
         print: () => {},
         ...SmartRunner.withOptionalExclusions(
-            resolve(__dirname, 'protractor.excludes.json')
+            resolve(__dirname, './e2e/protractor.excludes.json')
         )
     },
 
diff --git a/protractor.excludes.json b/protractor.excludes.json
deleted file mode 100644
index ad1692b2bf..0000000000
--- a/protractor.excludes.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,8 +0,0 @@
-{
-  "C260249" : "REPO-4772 ACS 6.2",
-  "C291954" : "AAE-1179 Group Task",
-  "C291955" : "AAE-1179 Group Task",
-  "C260111" : "AAE-1174 ACS account not displayed by default",
-  "C260117" : "AAE-1237 rendition service not working with ACS 6.2",
-  "C291940" : "AAE-1237 rendition service not working with ACS 6.2"
-}