# Project is missing required source folder 'src/test/groovy'

**URL:** <https://discuss.gradle.org/t/project-is-missing-required-source-folder-src-test-groovy/18105>\
**Category:** Buildship\
**Created:** [June 17, 2016, 1:01pm UTC](https://discuss.gradle.org/t/project-is-missing-required-source-folder-src-test-groovy/18105 "2016-06-17T13:01:11Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![sc1478](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/gradle/user_avatar/discuss.gradle.org/sc1478/32/4341_2.png) [@sc1478](https://discuss.gradle.org/u/sc1478)\
**Post date:** [June 17, 2016, 1:01pm UTC](https://discuss.gradle.org/t/project-is-missing-required-source-folder-src-test-groovy/18105/1 "2016-06-17T13:01:11Z")

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Just upgraded to buildship 1.0.16 and now I find that Eclipse is telling me that I cannot build the my project because the folder src/test/groovy does not exist. While I’m sure that not having tests is not best practice, we have been getting along just fine without such a folder. Is this a new feature of buildship?

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**Author:** ![donat](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/gradle/user_avatar/discuss.gradle.org/donat/32/7798_2.png) [@donat](https://discuss.gradle.org/u/donat)\
**Post date:** [June 19, 2016, 3:39pm UTC](https://discuss.gradle.org/t/project-is-missing-required-source-folder-src-test-groovy/18105/2 "2016-06-19T15:39:30Z")

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We didn’t introduce any changes related to the source folders. Can you please verify that your error message originates from Buildship plugins? If so, please share the error log and/or the stack trace here.

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**Author:** ![sc1478](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/gradle/user_avatar/discuss.gradle.org/sc1478/32/4341_2.png) [@sc1478](https://discuss.gradle.org/u/sc1478)\
**Post date:** [June 20, 2016, 3:52pm UTC](https://discuss.gradle.org/t/project-is-missing-required-source-folder-src-test-groovy/18105/3 "2016-06-20T15:52:56Z")

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I can’t really verify where this came from, sorry. SOMETHING created a .classpath file in which src/test/groovy was listed as a source folder. I can’t imagine what else would have caused that to happen other than buildship. I certainly wouldn’t have done it manually as there were no tests. Since src/test/groovy was listed as a Source folder, Eclipse gave the actual error message, stating that the project could not be built because the directory was missing.