diff --git a/lib/galaxy/tool_util/linters/datatypes.py b/lib/galaxy/tool_util/linters/datatypes.py
index b51fd5dee50c..534868ed01ec 100644
--- a/lib/galaxy/tool_util/linters/datatypes.py
+++ b/lib/galaxy/tool_util/linters/datatypes.py
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
     from galaxy.tool_util.lint import LintContext
     from galaxy.tool_util.parser import ToolSource
 
-# DATATYPES_CONF = os.path.join(os.path.dirname(config.__file__), "sample", "datatypes_conf.xml.sample")
+DATATYPES_CONF = os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), "datatypes_conf.xml.sample")
 
 
 def _parse_datatypes(datatype_conf_path: str) -> Set[str]:
diff --git a/lib/galaxy/tool_util/linters/datatypes_conf.xml.sample b/lib/galaxy/tool_util/linters/datatypes_conf.xml.sample
new file mode 120000
index 000000000000..6a8d2e103481
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/galaxy/tool_util/linters/datatypes_conf.xml.sample
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+../../config/sample/datatypes_conf.xml.sample
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diff --git a/packages/tool_util/MANIFEST.in b/packages/tool_util/MANIFEST.in
index 496d970a6c3c..a60b960699b6 100644
--- a/packages/tool_util/MANIFEST.in
+++ b/packages/tool_util/MANIFEST.in
@@ -5,4 +5,4 @@ include galaxy/tool_util/toolbox/filters/*.sample
 include galaxy/tool_util/verify/test_config.sample.yml
 include galaxy/tool_util/xsd/*
 include galaxy/tool_util/ontologies/*tsv
-include galaxy/config/sample/datatypes_conf.xml.sample
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+include galaxy/tool_util/linters/datatypes_conf.xml.sample
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