diff --git a/MANIFEST.in b/MANIFEST.in
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-include CHANGELOG.rst CONTRIBUTING.rst README.rst
-include LICENSE LICENSE.APACHE LICENSE.BSD
-
-include .coveragerc
-include .flake8
-include .pre-commit-config.yaml
-
-recursive-include docs *
-recursive-include tests *.py
-recursive-include tests/manylinux hello-world-*
-recursive-include tests/musllinux glibc-*
-recursive-include tests/musllinux musl-*
-
-exclude noxfile.py
-exclude .readthedocs.yml
-exclude .travis.yml
-exclude dev-requirements.txt
-exclude tests/manylinux/build-hello-world.sh
-exclude tests/musllinux/build.sh
-exclude tests/hello-world.c
-
-prune docs/_build
-prune tasks