diff --git a/recipes/cider b/recipes/cider
index 71143273..a195e626 100644
--- a/recipes/cider
+++ b/recipes/cider
@@ -1 +1,4 @@
-(cider :fetcher github :repo "clojure-emacs/cider" :old-names (nrepl))
+(cider :fetcher github
+       :repo "clojure-emacs/cider"
+       :files ("*.el" (:exclude ".dir-locals.el"))
+       :old-names (nrepl))