diff --git a/MANIFEST.in b/MANIFEST.in
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-include AUTHORS
-include babel.cfg
-include ChangeLog
-include LICENSE
-include README.rst
-
-recursive-include doc *
-recursive-include tests *
-recursive-include python-openstackclient *.po *.pot
-
-exclude .gitignore
-exclude .gitreview
-
-global-exclude *.pyc