diff --git a/MANIFEST.in b/MANIFEST.in
index 4baad280..f7f0d66f 100644
--- a/MANIFEST.in
+++ b/MANIFEST.in
@@ -3,6 +3,4 @@ include bin/element-info
 include bin/ramdisk-image-create
 graft lib
 graft elements
-graft docs
-graft scripts
-include README.md
+include README.rst