diff --git a/MANIFEST.in b/MANIFEST.in
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..7f039007
--- /dev/null
+++ b/MANIFEST.in
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+exclude src/gcp_scanner/test_*.py
+exclude test
+exclude .idea
+exclude *.md
+exclude .github
+exclude .gitignore
+exclude Dockerfile
+exclude example_config
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 674322fd..5b3cf66f 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -30,15 +30,3 @@ Homepage = "https://github.com/google/gcp_scanner"
 
 [project.scripts]
 gcp-scanner = "gcp_scanner.scanner:main"
-
-[tool.hatch.build]
-exclude = [
-    "test",
-    ".idea",
-    "*.md",
-    "test_*.py",
-    ".github",
-    ".gitignore",
-    "Dockerfile",
-    "example_config",
-]