diff --git a/MANIFEST.in b/MANIFEST.in
index e8c0a842aa..e69de29bb2 100644
--- a/MANIFEST.in
+++ b/MANIFEST.in
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-include README.rst
-include LICENSE
-
-exclude .gitignore
-exclude .gitreview
-global-exclude *.pyc