diff --git a/MANIFEST.in b/MANIFEST.in
index 160d333..86279d7 100644
--- a/MANIFEST.in
+++ b/MANIFEST.in
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
 include *.txt *.md
-recursive-include *.txt *.py
 prune build
 exclude readthedocs-pip-requirements.txt