diff --git a/MANIFEST.in b/MANIFEST.in
index f0a95e4..7e49605 100644
--- a/MANIFEST.in
+++ b/MANIFEST.in
@@ -29,7 +29,6 @@ prune test
 global-exclude .clang-format
 global-exclude .clang-tidy
 global-exclude .codespell-ignore-lines
-global-exclude .git
 global-exclude .git-blame-ignore-revs
 global-exclude .gitattributes
 global-exclude .gitignore