diff --git a/packages/server/package.json b/packages/server/package.json
index a025d274f1..9c21fa4918 100644
--- a/packages/server/package.json
+++ b/packages/server/package.json
@@ -60,7 +60,9 @@
       "!src/utilities/usageQuota.js",
       "!src/api/routes/tests/**/*",
       "!src/tests/**/*",
-      "!src/automations/tests/**/*"
+      "!src/automations/tests/**/*",
+      "!src/utilities/fileProcessor.js",
+      "!src/utilities/initialiseBudibase.js"
     ],
     "coverageReporters": [
       "lcov",
diff --git a/packages/server/src/utilities/createAppPackage.js b/packages/server/src/utilities/createAppPackage.js
index a62e8c96df..9500554227 100644
--- a/packages/server/src/utilities/createAppPackage.js
+++ b/packages/server/src/utilities/createAppPackage.js
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@ const packageJson = require("../../package.json")
 
 const streamPipeline = promisify(stream.pipeline)
 
+// can't really test this due to the downloading nature of it, wouldn't be a great test case
+/* istanbul ignore next */
 exports.downloadExtractComponentLibraries = async appFolder => {
   const LIBRARIES = ["standard-components"]
 
diff --git a/packages/server/src/utilities/exceptions.js b/packages/server/src/utilities/exceptions.js
deleted file mode 100644
index e02c88eec3..0000000000
--- a/packages/server/src/utilities/exceptions.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,16 +0,0 @@
-const statusCodes = require("./statusCodes")
-
-const errorWithStatus = (message, statusCode) => {
-  const e = new Error(message)
-  e.statusCode = statusCode
-  return e
-}
-
-module.exports.unauthorized = message =>
-  errorWithStatus(message, statusCodes.UNAUTHORIZED)
-
-module.exports.forbidden = message =>
-  errorWithStatus(message, statusCodes.FORBIDDEN)
-
-module.exports.notfound = message =>
-  errorWithStatus(message, statusCodes.NOT_FOUND)