diff --git a/MANIFEST.in b/MANIFEST.in
index 5ced3216f89ca4fe3ef882b0744cce78b2414583..1cd7e74eb95502c7124b3e8c6e0845260eb17281 100644
--- a/MANIFEST.in
+++ b/MANIFEST.in
@@ -2,5 +2,9 @@ include doc/*.rst
 include doc/conf.py
 include doc/make.bat
 include doc/Makefile
+prune doc/_*
 
-include examples/*.py
+prune .github
+exclude .gitignore
+exclude .gitlab-ci.yml
+exclude .test-conda-env-py3.yml