diff --git a/python/pylibraft/MANIFEST.in b/python/pylibraft/MANIFEST.in
deleted file mode 100644
index 761f403b54..0000000000
--- a/python/pylibraft/MANIFEST.in
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-# Cython files
-recursive-include pylibraft *.pxd
-recursive-include pylibraft *.pyx
-
-# Build files. Don't use a recursive include on '.' in case the repo is dirty
-include . CMakeLists.txt
-recursive-include pylibraft CMakeLists.txt
diff --git a/python/pylibraft/setup.py b/python/pylibraft/setup.py
index d00e36d804..d1a73629ef 100644
--- a/python/pylibraft/setup.py
+++ b/python/pylibraft/setup.py
@@ -27,10 +27,11 @@ def exclude_libcxx_symlink(cmake_manifest):
     )
 
 
+packages = find_packages(include=["pylibraft*"])
 setup(
-    include_package_data=True,
     # Don't want libcxx getting pulled into wheel builds.
     cmake_process_manifest_hook=exclude_libcxx_symlink,
-    packages=find_packages(include=["pylibraft", "pylibraft.*"]),
+    packages=packages,
+    package_data={key: ["*.pxd"] for key in packages},
     zip_safe=False,
 )
diff --git a/python/raft-dask/MANIFEST.in b/python/raft-dask/MANIFEST.in
deleted file mode 100644
index f160a731e9..0000000000
--- a/python/raft-dask/MANIFEST.in
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-# Cython files
-recursive-include raft-dask *.pxd
-recursive-include raft-dask *.pyx
-
-# Build files. Don't use a recursive include on '.' in case the repo is dirty
-include . CMakeLists.txt
-recursive-include raft-dask CMakeLists.txt
diff --git a/python/raft-dask/setup.py b/python/raft-dask/setup.py
index c9215e96e6..391be0ac72 100644
--- a/python/raft-dask/setup.py
+++ b/python/raft-dask/setup.py
@@ -27,9 +27,10 @@ def exclude_libcxx_symlink(cmake_manifest):
     )
 
 
+packages = find_packages(include=["raft_dask*"])
 setup(
-    include_package_data=True,
     cmake_process_manifest_hook=exclude_libcxx_symlink,
-    packages=find_packages(include=["raft_dask", "raft_dask.*"]),
+    packages=packages,
+    package_data={key: ["*.pxd"] for key in packages},
     zip_safe=False,
 )