diff --git a/MANIFEST.in b/MANIFEST.in
index a49f66f694..c4f12dc68a 100644
--- a/MANIFEST.in
+++ b/MANIFEST.in
@@ -18,5 +18,3 @@ include pytest.ini
 include tox.ini
 include setuptools/tests/config/setupcfg_examples.txt
 global-exclude *.py[cod] __pycache__
-prune dist
-prune build