diff --git a/MANIFEST.in b/MANIFEST.in
index 33609f9..cecec12 100644
--- a/MANIFEST.in
+++ b/MANIFEST.in
@@ -1,15 +1,9 @@
-include README.rst CHANGES.rst LICENSE AUTHORS
-include setup.cfg setup.py
-include conftest.py
-recursive-include docs *
-recursive-exclude docs *.pyc
-recursive-exclude docs *.pyo
-recursive-include nsupdate/locale *.po
-recursive-include nsupdate/locale *.mo
-recursive-include nsupdate/static *
-recursive-include nsupdate/templates *
-recursive-include nsupdate/login/templates *
-recursive-include nsupdate/main/templates *
-recursive-include nsupdate/accounts/templates *
-prune docs/_build
-
+# stuff we need to include into the sdist is handled automatically by
+# setuptools_scm - it includes all git-committed files.
+# but we want to include some non-committed files/dirs needed in
+# the sdist and exclude some committed files/dirs not needed in the sdist:
+exclude .gitattributes .gitignore .travis.yml
+exclude manage.py requirements.txt
+prune .tx
+prune logo
+prune scripts/travis
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 17689e5..6aba432 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -20,28 +20,8 @@ setup(
     keywords="dyndns ddns dynamic dns django",
     packages=find_packages('src', exclude=['_tests', ]),
     package_dir={'': 'src'},
-    package_data={
-        'nsupdate': [
-            'templates/*.html',
-            'templates/includes/*.html',
-            'static/*.html',
-            'static/*.png',
-            'static/css/*.css',
-            'locale/*/LC_MESSAGES/*',
-        ],
-        'nsupdate.accounts': [
-            'templates/accounts/*.html',
-            'templates/registration/*.html',
-            'templates/registration/*.txt',
-        ],
-        'nsupdate.login': [
-            'templates/*.html',
-        ],
-        'nsupdate.main': [
-            'templates/main/*.html',
-            'templates/main/includes/*.html',
-        ],
-    },
+    # See also the MANIFEST.in file.
+    # We want to install all the files in the package directories:
     include_package_data=True,
     zip_safe=False,
     platforms='any',