diff --git a/MANIFEST.in b/MANIFEST.in
--- a/MANIFEST.in
+++ b/MANIFEST.in
@@ -3,6 +3,5 @@
 include requirements*.txt
 include version.txt
 include swh/lister/cran/list_all_packages.R
-recursive-include swh/lister/*/tests/ *.json *.html *.txt *.* *
-recursive-include swh/lister/*/tests/data/ *.* *
+recursive-include swh/lister/*/tests/data/ *
 recursive-include swh py.typed