diff --git a/run_unit_tests.sh b/run_unit_tests.sh
index 9ecddfa8733..f6927dc6796 100755
--- a/run_unit_tests.sh
+++ b/run_unit_tests.sh
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 
+## Excluding controllers due to the problematic genetrack dependency
+
 python -ES ./scripts/nosetests.py -v -w lib \
     --with-nosehtml --html-report-file run_unit_tests.html \
-    --with-doctest --exclude=functional --exclude="^get"
+    --with-doctest --exclude=functional --exclude="^get" --exclude=controllers