diff --git a/MANIFEST.in b/MANIFEST.in
index f3ce0a77b116990570fd3e403d444c75ea510880..6e92924e0b2c6b22ae697a175eaab06a8c3f69a0 100644
--- a/MANIFEST.in
+++ b/MANIFEST.in
@@ -2,6 +2,5 @@ include README.md
 include COPYING.txt
 include RELEASE-VERSION
 global-include *.pyx
-global-exclude boundaries/createindexlistcython.c
 include versioneer.py
 include pystencils/_version.py