# serverless-plugin-common-excludes 4.0.0 switches to the package.patterns property instead of include/exclude > Note: This plugin no longer excludes the `aws-sdk` which is in line with AWS best practices (bring your own SDK). This plugin adds some common unnecessary items (such as docs, test code, unused configuration files, etc.) to the `package: exclude` configuration of your Serverless project to make it smaller. Check out which files are excluded [here](https://github.com/dougmoscrop/serverless-plugin-common-excludes/blob/master/common-excludes.js). [serverless-plugin-include-dependencies](https://github.com/dougmoscrop/serverless-plugin-include-dependencies) works with this plugin. ## Installation Install the plugin: ```bash npm install serverless-plugin-common-excludes --save-dev ``` Include the plugin in your `serverless.yml`: ```yaml plugins: - serverless-plugin-common-excludes ```