diff --git a/MANIFEST.in b/MANIFEST.in
deleted file mode 100644
index ed238e9..0000000
--- a/MANIFEST.in
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-recursive-include docs *
-recursive-include tests *
-include pyproject.toml pytest.ini tox.ini .coveragerc .pre-commit-config.yaml *.md LICENSE AUTHORS
-prune docs/_build
-prune *.pyc
-prune __pycache__
diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
index 059f335..8d2689f 100644
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@ commands =
 
 [testenv:lint]
 deps =
-    check-manifest
     flake8
     # flake8-black
     pre-commit
@@ -25,7 +24,6 @@ deps =
 commands =
     # flake8 src/tablib tests/
     pre-commit run --all-files
-    check-manifest -v
     python setup.py sdist
     twine check dist/*
 skip_install = true