diff --git a/rakelib/workspace.rake b/rakelib/workspace.rake
index c705899f58..5a928388d5 100644
--- a/rakelib/workspace.rake
+++ b/rakelib/workspace.rake
@@ -7,10 +7,11 @@ namespace :ws do
     task :migrate => MIGRATION_MARKER_DIR do
         Dir['ws_migrations/*'].select{|m| File.executable?(m)}.each do |migration|
             completion_file = File.join(MIGRATION_MARKER_DIR, File.basename(migration))
-            if ! File.exist?(completion_file)
+            is_excluded = File.basename(migration).start_with?("README")
+            if ! File.exist?(completion_file) && ! is_excluded
                 sh(migration)
                 File.write(completion_file, "")
             end
         end unless SKIP_MIGRATIONS
     end
-end
\ No newline at end of file
+end