diff --git a/MANIFEST.in b/MANIFEST.in
index f552c8ee..5857ca20 100644
--- a/MANIFEST.in
+++ b/MANIFEST.in
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ include LICENSE
 include LICENSE_datacube
 include LICENSE_xarray
 
-recursive-include test *
+recursive-exclude test *
 recursive-exclude * __pycache__
 recursive-exclude * *.py[co]