diff --git a/.pre-commit-config.yaml b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
index 9ebed4fa..2581a36d 100644
--- a/.pre-commit-config.yaml
+++ b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
@@ -92,10 +92,6 @@ repos:
   #   rev: v1.0.1
   #   hooks:
   #     - id: rst-linter
-  - repo: https://github.com/mgedmin/check-manifest
-    rev: "0.49"
-    hooks:
-      - id: check-manifest
   - repo: https://github.com/abravalheri/validate-pyproject
     rev: v0.15
     hooks:
diff --git a/MANIFEST.in b/MANIFEST.in
deleted file mode 100644
index 3f1f5cd2..00000000
--- a/MANIFEST.in
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-include *.rst
-recursive-include docs *.txt
-recursive-exclude *.pyc *.pyo
-include docs/LICENSE.GPL
-include pygeoif/py.typed
-exclude pygeoif/.*
-recursive-include tests *.py
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 0bd0ced5..0c8419d3 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -115,11 +115,13 @@ reportMissingTypeStubs = true
     "D103",
 ]
 
-[tool.setuptools]
-include-package-data = true
-packages = [
-    "pygeoif",
-]
-
 [tool.setuptools.dynamic.version]
 attr = "pygeoif.about.__version__"
+
+[tool.setuptools.packages.find]
+exclude = [
+    "docs*",
+]
+include = [
+    "pygeoif*",
+]