diff --git a/aio/content/examples/examples.bzl b/aio/content/examples/examples.bzl
index 17aa04cc423..c5f457bf6ef 100644
--- a/aio/content/examples/examples.bzl
+++ b/aio/content/examples/examples.bzl
@@ -115,7 +115,10 @@ def docs_example(name, test = True, test_tags = [], test_exec_properties = {}, f
 
     native.filegroup(
         name = "files",
-        srcs = native.glob(["**"], exclude = ["BUILD.bazel"]),
+        srcs = native.glob(["**"], exclude = [
+            "BUILD.bazel",
+            "**/node_modules/**",  # Node modules may exist from the legacy setup.
+        ]),
     )
 
     # Generate example boilerplate
diff --git a/aio/tools/examples/shared/BUILD.bazel b/aio/tools/examples/shared/BUILD.bazel
index e8fdf3bb7d6..b624a3bed27 100644
--- a/aio/tools/examples/shared/BUILD.bazel
+++ b/aio/tools/examples/shared/BUILD.bazel
@@ -4,6 +4,9 @@ filegroup(
     name = "shared",
     srcs = glob(
         ["**"],
-        exclude = ["BUILD.bazel"],
+        exclude = [
+            "BUILD.bazel",
+            "**/node_modules/**",  # Node modules may exist from the legacy setup.
+        ],
     ),
 )