diff --git a/MANIFEST.in b/MANIFEST.in
index 079351b..fe511eb 100644
--- a/MANIFEST.in
+++ b/MANIFEST.in
@@ -1,11 +1,5 @@
-include LICENSE.txt
-include README.md
-include requirements.txt
-
+include LICENSE.txt README.md requirements.txt
 include spec/*.yaml
 
-recursive-include tests *
-recursive-exclude * __pycache__
-recursive-exclude * *.py[co]
-
-recursive-include docs *.css *.rst conf.py conf_doc_autogen.py Makefile make.bat README.md
+graft src/pynwb/tests
+global-exclude __pycache__ *.py[co]