diff --git a/Gruntfile.js b/Gruntfile.js
index 01a4eefa1f..b410b1acdd 100644
--- a/Gruntfile.js
+++ b/Gruntfile.js
@@ -769,6 +769,12 @@ module.exports = function(grunt) {
 	if( grunt.option( 'minimal-copy' ) ) {
 		var copyFilesOptions = grunt.config.get( 'copy.files.files' );
 		copyFilesOptions[0].src.push( '!wp-content/plugins/**' );
+		copyFilesOptions[0].src.push( '!wp-content/languages/** ');
+		copyFilesOptions[0].src.push( '!wp-content/mu-plugins/**' );
+		copyFilesOptions[0].src.push( '!wp-content/upgrade/**' );
+		copyFilesOptions[0].src.push( '!wp-content/uploads/**' );
+		copyFilesOptions[0].src.push( '!wp-content/maintenance.php' );
+		copyFilesOptions[0].src.push( '!wp-content/db-error.php' );
 		copyFilesOptions[0].src.push( '!wp-content/themes/!(twenty*)/**' );
 		grunt.config.set( 'copy.files.files', copyFilesOptions );
 	}