diff --git a/MANIFEST.in b/MANIFEST.in
index 1c5db26..3b6525a 100644
--- a/MANIFEST.in
+++ b/MANIFEST.in
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ recursive-include docs/source *
 include pycoast/tests/*.png
 recursive-include pycoast/tests/ *
 include LICENSE.txt
-include MANIFEST.in
 
 include versioneer.py
 include pycoast/version.py