diff --git a/MANIFEST.in b/MANIFEST.in
index a4a5f4aa3..63e250bce 100644
--- a/MANIFEST.in
+++ b/MANIFEST.in
@@ -2,3 +2,7 @@ include LICENSE
 include *.md
 include *.txt
 include *.rst
+
+graft tests
+prune tests\__pycache__
+global-exclude *population.ipynb