diff --git a/MANIFEST.in b/MANIFEST.in
index 04932c963ccc3b400e6ff0224f1bb000240226e6..1842a72e0920e258d37be3cfd645fda7a4f9da39 100644
--- a/MANIFEST.in
+++ b/MANIFEST.in
@@ -2,4 +2,5 @@ include brian_dashboard_manager/logging_default_config.json
 include brian_dashboard_manager/dashboards/*
 include brian_dashboard_manager/datasources/*
 include config.json.example
-recursive-include brian_dashboard_manager/templating/templates *
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+recursive-include brian_dashboard_manager/templating/templates *
+recursive-exclude test *
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