diff --git a/MANIFEST.in b/MANIFEST.in
index e337532c..169644a1 100644
--- a/MANIFEST.in
+++ b/MANIFEST.in
@@ -23,5 +23,4 @@ include doc/Makefile
 include doc/examples/*.sh doc/examples/*.bat doc/examples/*.py
 include doc/examples/linkcheckerrc_loginurl
 include scripts/*.sh scripts/*.py
-recursive-include third_party *.py *.txt Makefile example*
 recursive-include tests *.py *.result *.html *.ico *.txt *.zip *.asc *.css *.xhtml *.sqlite *.adr *.swf