diff --git a/cof/apps.py b/cof/apps.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..9f0e2651
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cof/apps.py
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+from django.contrib.staticfiles.apps import StaticFilesConfig
+
+
+class IgnoreSrcStaticFilesConfig(StaticFilesConfig):
+    ignore_patterns = ["CVS", ".*", "*~", "src"]
diff --git a/cof/settings/common.py b/cof/settings/common.py
index 1b6f3bd1..bfb257c5 100644
--- a/cof/settings/common.py
+++ b/cof/settings/common.py
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ INSTALLED_APPS = [
     "django.contrib.sessions",
     "django.contrib.sites",
     "django.contrib.messages",
-    "django.contrib.staticfiles",
+    "cof.apps.IgnoreSrcStaticFilesConfig",
     # Must be before django admin
     # https://github.com/infoportugal/wagtail-modeltranslation/issues/193
     "wagtail_modeltranslation",