diff --git a/MANIFEST.in b/MANIFEST.in
index 2ad81e43b6c0..542205f1f0a3 100644
--- a/MANIFEST.in
+++ b/MANIFEST.in
@@ -1,15 +1,15 @@
 include CHANGELOG INSTALL
-include INTERACTIVE TODO CONTRIBUTING.md
-include Makefile MANIFEST.in MANIFEST
+include TODO CONTRIBUTING.md
+include Makefile MANIFEST.in
 include matplotlibrc.template setup.cfg.template
-include setupext.py setup.py setupegg.py distribute_setup.py
+include setupext.py setup.py distribute_setup.py
 include lib/matplotlib/mpl-data/lineprops.glade
 include lib/matplotlib/mpl-data/matplotlibrc
 include lib/matplotlib/mpl-data/images/*
 include lib/matplotlib/mpl-data/fonts/ttf/*
 include lib/matplotlib/mpl-data/fonts/pdfcorefonts/*
 include lib/matplotlib/mpl-data/fonts/afm/*
-recursive-include lib/matplotlib/mpl-data/sample_data/*
+recursive-include lib/matplotlib/mpl-data/sample_data *
 recursive-include LICENSE *
 recursive-include examples *
 recursive-include doc *