diff --git a/MANIFEST.in b/MANIFEST.in
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+recursive-include qutebrowser/html *.html
+recursive-include qutebrowser/test *.py
+include qutebrowser/test/testfile
+include qutebrowser/git-commit-id
+include AUTHORS COPYING HACKING THANKS
+
+exclude scripts/run_checks.py
+exclude scripts/cleanup.py
+exclude scripts/minimal_webkit_testbrowser.py
+exclude scripts/run_profile.py
+exclude scripts/generate_authors.sh
+exclude .flake8
+exclude .pylintrc
+exclude TODO
+prune pkg