diff --git a/lib/codecept.js b/lib/codecept.js
index 7f9fa332e..ce21e5c68 100644
--- a/lib/codecept.js
+++ b/lib/codecept.js
@@ -158,6 +158,7 @@ class Codecept {
 
     for (pattern of patterns) {
       glob.sync(pattern, options).forEach((file) => {
+        if (file.includes('node_modules')) return;
         if (!fsPath.isAbsolute(file)) {
           file = fsPath.join(global.codecept_dir, file);
         }