diff --git a/MANIFEST.in b/MANIFEST.in
index 8a60827e..c16f9d2d 100644
--- a/MANIFEST.in
+++ b/MANIFEST.in
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
 include LICENSE
 include README.rst
-recursive-include tests *.py
-recursive-include tests/config *
\ No newline at end of file
+recursive-exclude tests *
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 925dc12b..be2c2cf4 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ def run_tests(self):
     author_email="banesiu.sever@gmail.com",
     url="https://github.com/severb/graypy",
     license="BSD License",
-    packages=find_packages(),
+    packages=find_packages(exclude=["tests", "tests.*"]),
     include_package_data=True,
     zip_safe=False,
     tests_require=[