diff --git a/MANIFEST.in b/MANIFEST.in
index 715c6f18148b2..e14b66558e3d2 100644
--- a/MANIFEST.in
+++ b/MANIFEST.in
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 recursive-include superset/data *
 recursive-include superset/migrations *
 recursive-include superset/static *
+recursive-exclude superset/static/assets/docs *
+recursive-exclude superset/static/assets/images/viz_thumbnails_large *
 recursive-exclude superset/static/docs *
 recursive-exclude superset/static/spec *
 recursive-exclude superset/static/images/viz_thumbnails_large *