diff --git a/cookiecutter-module/{{ cookiecutter.module_name }}/MANIFEST.in b/cookiecutter-module/{{ cookiecutter.module_name }}/MANIFEST.in
deleted file mode 100644
index f7e7aaa36b..0000000000
--- a/cookiecutter-module/{{ cookiecutter.module_name }}/MANIFEST.in	
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-include CHANGELOG
-include COPYRIGHT
-include LICENSE
-include README.rst
-include icons/LICENSE
-graft doc
diff --git a/modules/user_role/MANIFEST.in b/modules/user_role/MANIFEST.in
deleted file mode 100644
index f7e7aaa36b..0000000000
--- a/modules/user_role/MANIFEST.in
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-include CHANGELOG
-include COPYRIGHT
-include LICENSE
-include README.rst
-include icons/LICENSE
-graft doc