diff --git a/MANIFEST.in b/MANIFEST.in
index 6adbcc8..2a7f79c 100644
--- a/MANIFEST.in
+++ b/MANIFEST.in
@@ -16,5 +16,3 @@ graft releng/devkit-assets/
 include releng/meson/meson.py
 graft releng/meson/mesonbuild/
 graft releng/tomlkit/tomlkit/
-
-global-exclude *.pyc