diff --git a/MANIFEST.in b/MANIFEST.in
index f62c9ef56e..beaefcbcbc 100644
--- a/MANIFEST.in
+++ b/MANIFEST.in
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ recursive-exclude faker/sphinx *.py
 recursive-exclude tests/sphinx *.py
 
 global-exclude *.py[cod] __pycache__ *.so
-exclude Makefile tox.ini .coveragerc .bumpversion.cfg .dockerignore .isort.cfg
+exclude Makefile .coveragerc .bumpversion.cfg .dockerignore .isort.cfg
 exclude ISSUE_TEMPLATE.md PULL_REQUEST_TEMPLATE.md
 exclude appveyor.yml readthedocs.yml
 exclude build-alpine.sh