diff --git a/MANIFEST.in b/MANIFEST.in
index e557b69b4..5be54085c 100644
--- a/MANIFEST.in
+++ b/MANIFEST.in
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 recursive-include docs *.txt
 recursive-include docs *.html
-prune docs/_build/*.txt
-prune docs/_build/_sources/*.txt
+recursive-exclude docs/_build *.txt
 prune docs/_build/_sources