diff --git a/MANIFEST.in b/MANIFEST.in
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8ee8b16
--- /dev/null
+++ b/MANIFEST.in
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+include README.md
+include LICENSE
+prune tree_sitter/core
+graft tree_sitter/core/lib/src
+graft tree_sitter/core/lib/include/tree_sitter
+include tree_sitter/core/lib/utf8proc/*.c
+include tree_sitter/core/lib/utf8proc/*.h
diff --git a/Manifest.in b/Manifest.in
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index 3f2d8c2..0000000
--- a/Manifest.in
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-include README.md
-include LICENSE
-include tree_sitter/core/lib/utf8proc/*
-include tree_sitter/core/lib/src/*
-include tree_sitter/core/lib/include/tree_sitter/*