diff --git a/MANIFEST.in b/MANIFEST.in
index 5fdfe50f34..9e76e56a65 100644
--- a/MANIFEST.in
+++ b/MANIFEST.in
@@ -7,3 +7,5 @@ recursive-include docs *
 include Makefile
 include VERSION
 include MANIFEST.in
+exclude lib/ansible/modules/core/.git
+exclude lib/ansible/modules/extras/.git