diff --git a/.gitattributes b/.gitattributes
index 1dc996876..f5b921feb 100644
--- a/.gitattributes
+++ b/.gitattributes
@@ -1,13 +1,3 @@
-packaging export-ignore
-docs/build/ export-ignore
-docs/source/ export-ignore
-deluge/tests/ export-ignore
-deluge/scripts/ export-ignore
-setup.cfg export-ignore
-generate_pot.py export-ignore
-gen_web_gettext.py export-ignore
-deluge/ui/web/docs/ export-ignore
-
 .gitattributes export-ignore
 .gitmodules export-ignore
 .gitignore export-ignore
diff --git a/MANIFEST.in b/MANIFEST.in
index d13f2492f..7b9bb2dd7 100644
--- a/MANIFEST.in
+++ b/MANIFEST.in
@@ -1,11 +1,12 @@
-include AUTHORS ChangeLog DEPENDS LICENSE  msgfmt.py RELEASE-VERSION version.py
+include AUTHORS ChangeLog DEPENDS LICENSE  msgfmt.py RELEASE-VERSION version.py README.rst
+
 graft docs/man
 
 include deluge/i18n/*.po
 recursive-exclude deluge/i18n LC_MESSAGES *.mo
 
 graft deluge/plugins
-recursive-exclude deluge/plugins create_dev_link.sh *.pyc
+recursive-exclude deluge/plugins create_dev_link.sh *.pyc *.egg
 
 prune deluge/tests
 graft deluge/ui/data