diff --git a/MANIFEST.in b/MANIFEST.in
index 7a01a2d6c0caf880738df8393567fb169a07be7e..089b766ef356b24280ef04d5cb6c21197207dc73 100644
--- a/MANIFEST.in
+++ b/MANIFEST.in
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 include MANIFEST.in
 include LICENSE
 include README.md
-recursive-include aidge_core *
 include setup.py
 include version.txt
+recursive-include aidge_core *
+global-exclude __pycache__/*
+global-exclude *.egg-info/*