diff --git a/.github/workflows/python-publish.yml b/.github/workflows/python-publish.yml
index c8d4197..8a04f77 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/python-publish.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/python-publish.yml
@@ -47,7 +47,6 @@ jobs:
           # NOTE: put your own distribution build steps here.
           python -m pip install build
           export SETUPTOOLS_SCM_PRETEND_VERSION=${GITHUB_REF_NAME}
-          export SETUPTOOLS_SCM_DEBUG=1
           python -m build --sdist --wheel ./
 
       - name: Upload distributions
diff --git a/MANIFEST.in b/MANIFEST.in
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4f31980
--- /dev/null
+++ b/MANIFEST.in
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+# Ensure the sdist doesn't get unnecessary build files.
+recursive-exclude javascript *
+recursive-exclude screenshots *
+recursive-exclude .github *
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index ae6ed1e..f545101 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -73,10 +73,12 @@ module = [
 ]
 ignore_missing_imports = true
 
+[tool.setuptools]
+include-package-data = false
+
 [tool.setuptools.packages.find]
 include = ["simple_repository_browser", "simple_repository_browser.*"]
 namespaces = false
 
 [tool.setuptools.package-data]
-# Static untracked files
-"*" = ["static/vendored/*"]
+"*" = ["static/**/*", "templates/**/*"]