diff --git a/MANIFEST.in b/MANIFEST.in
index 6004b4df2..853395b4d 100644
--- a/MANIFEST.in
+++ b/MANIFEST.in
@@ -2,5 +2,12 @@ include LICENSE
 include README.rst
 include grayskull/license/data/*
 
+exclude .github
+exclude azure-pipelines.yml
+exclude .gitignore
+exclude .pre-commit-config.yaml
+exclude .flake8
+exclude .coveragerc
+exclude .isort.cfg
 recursive-exclude * __pycache__
 recursive-exclude * *.py[co]