diff --git a/MANIFEST.in b/MANIFEST.in
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-include run_tests.sh ChangeLog
-include README.rst builddeb.sh
-include MANIFEST.in pylintrc
-include AUTHORS
-include run_tests.py
-include HACKING.rst
-include LICENSE
-include ChangeLog
-include babel.cfg tox.ini
-include openstack-common.conf
-include ec2api/openstack/common/README
-include ec2api/db/sqlalchemy/migrate_repo/README
-include ec2api/db/sqlalchemy/migrate_repo/migrate.cfg
-include ec2api/db/sqlalchemy/migrate_repo/versions/*.sql
-graft doc
-graft etc
-graft ec2api/locale
-graft ec2api/tests
-graft tools
-global-exclude *.pyc