diff --git a/MANIFEST.in b/MANIFEST.in
index 1d595b07..232ab77d 100644
--- a/MANIFEST.in
+++ b/MANIFEST.in
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 include pvdeg/data/*
-include LICENSE
+include *.md
 graft DataLibrary
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index e317af3f..89182614 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -60,7 +60,6 @@ docs = [
     "sphinx_rtd_theme>=2.0.0,<3",
 ]
 test = [
-    "check-manifest",
     "coverage",
     "pytest",
 ]