diff --git a/src/MANIFEST.in b/src/MANIFEST.in
index 44978cc8c8f..f63856e03aa 100644
--- a/src/MANIFEST.in
+++ b/src/MANIFEST.in
@@ -7,3 +7,5 @@ prune .tox
 
 prune sage/ext/interpreters   # In particular, __init__.py must not be present in the distribution; or sage_setup.autogen.interpreters.rebuild will not generate the code
 prune sage_setup
+prune sage_docbuild
+prune doc