diff --git a/interfaces/cython/SConscript b/interfaces/cython/SConscript
index d5e9a691999..a92ec6f9a47 100644
--- a/interfaces/cython/SConscript
+++ b/interfaces/cython/SConscript
@@ -15,10 +15,6 @@ build(dataFiles)
 testFiles = localenv.RecursiveInstall("cantera/test/data", "#test/data")
 build(testFiles)
 
-exampleFiles = localenv.RecursiveInstall(
-    "cantera/interfaces/cython/cantera/examples", "#build/python/cantera/examples")
-build(exampleFiles)
-
 # Get information needed to build the Python module
 script = """\
 from sysconfig import *
@@ -121,12 +117,12 @@ env['python_module'] = mod
 env['python_extension'] = ext
 
 localenv.Depends(mod, [ext, dataFiles, testFiles, setup_cfg, readme, license,
-                       "setup.py", "pyproject.toml"])
+                       "setup.py", "pyproject.toml", "cantera/examples/README.txt"])
 localenv.Depends(ext, localenv['cantera_staticlib'])
 
-for f in (multi_glob(localenv, "cantera", "py") +
-          multi_glob(localenv, "cantera/*", "py") +
-          multi_glob(localenv, "cantera/*/README*", "txt")):
+for f in (multi_glob(localenv, 'cantera', 'py') +
+          multi_glob(localenv, 'cantera/*', 'py') +
+          multi_glob(localenv, 'cantera/*/*', 'py')):
     localenv.Depends(mod, f)
 
 # Determine installation path and install the Python module
diff --git a/interfaces/cython/setup.cfg.in b/interfaces/cython/setup.cfg.in
index 5dad511a8d9..85894351348 100644
--- a/interfaces/cython/setup.cfg.in
+++ b/interfaces/cython/setup.cfg.in
@@ -54,8 +54,8 @@ packages =
 cantera.data = *.*, */*.*
 cantera.test.data = *.*, */*.*
 # The module extension needs to be here since we don't want setuptools to
-# compile the extension, so there are no `source` files in
-# the setup.py extension.
+# compile the extension, so there are no ``source`` files in
+# the setup.py ``extension`` and we have to treat the module as package data.
 cantera = *.pxd, *@module_ext@, examples/*.txt
 
 [options.extras_require]