diff --git a/MANIFEST.in b/MANIFEST.in
index baecf79..74fc557 100644
--- a/MANIFEST.in
+++ b/MANIFEST.in
@@ -1,11 +1,7 @@
 include AUTHORS
-include HACKING
-include LICENSE
-include README.rst
 include ChangeLog
-include tox.ini
-include zuul/versioninfo
-recursive-include etc *
-recursive-include doc *
-recursive-include tests *
-recursive-include tools *
+
+exclude .gitignore
+exclude .gitreview
+
+global-exclude *.pyc