diff --git a/app/src/processing/app/Platform.java b/app/src/processing/app/Platform.java
index d509dbe40..d90b55e9e 100644
--- a/app/src/processing/app/Platform.java
+++ b/app/src/processing/app/Platform.java
@@ -220,6 +220,9 @@ public class Platform {
     { "linux-aarch64", "Linux (Raspberry Pi 64-bit)" }
   });
 
+  /**
+   * List of variants that are supported by this release of the PDE.
+   */
   static public StringDict getSupportedVariants() {
     return supportedVariants;
   }
diff --git a/java/src/processing/mode/java/JavaMode.java b/java/src/processing/mode/java/JavaMode.java
index 5f0d1bd00..b708467f8 100644
--- a/java/src/processing/mode/java/JavaMode.java
+++ b/java/src/processing/mode/java/JavaMode.java
@@ -82,12 +82,8 @@ public class JavaMode extends Mode {
 
 
   public String[] getIgnorable() {
-    return new String[] {
-      "applet",
-      "application.macosx",
-      "application.windows",
-      "application.linux"
-    };
+    // folder names for exported applications
+    return Platform.getSupportedVariants().keyArray();
   }
 
 
diff --git a/todo.txt b/todo.txt
index 9a24ae71d..8dbe73c74 100755
--- a/todo.txt
+++ b/todo.txt
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ X remove anachronistic Preferences.save() that happens after opening a sketch
 X change cmd-click in window title to point to sketch folder
 X prevent NullPointerException on first use of Export to Application
 X   only showed up if no checkboxes were clicked
+X when doing Save As, don't included exported applications
 
 change detector
 X text in second line of custom dialogs was showing too large
@@ -27,7 +28,6 @@ X Interface problems when moving to a monitor with Windows scaling to 125%
 X   https://github.com/processing/processing4/issues/296
 
 
-_ when doing Save As, don't included exported applications
 
 _ interface zoom now conflicting with the Java 9+ defaults
 _   things look terrible (tiny fonts) on Windows, adjusting has weird effects