diff --git a/MANIFEST.in b/MANIFEST.in
index 3474e1b3ff..90e9c23196 100644
--- a/MANIFEST.in
+++ b/MANIFEST.in
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 include *.txt *.md
 recursive-include anvio/data *
 recursive-include anvio/extensions *.h *.c *.pyx *.py
-recursive-include tests *.bam *.txt *.fa *.tbl *.sh *.gz *.ini *.tsv *.json
+recursive-include tests *
 global-exclude test-output *.pyc