diff --git a/faraday.gemspec b/faraday.gemspec
index 507ac0de9..c720968d5 100644
--- a/faraday.gemspec
+++ b/faraday.gemspec
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |spec|
   spec.add_dependency 'multipart-post', '>= 1.2', '< 3'
   spec.add_dependency 'ruby2_keywords'
 
-  spec.files = Dir['CHANGELOG.md', '{examples,lib,spec}/**/*', 'LICENSE.md', 'Rakefile', 'README.md']
+  spec.files = Dir['CHANGELOG.md', 'lib/**/*', 'LICENSE.md', 'Rakefile', 'README.md']
   spec.require_paths = %w[lib spec/external_adapters]
   spec.metadata = {
     'homepage_uri' => 'https://lostisland.github.io/faraday',