diff --git a/MANIFEST.in b/MANIFEST.in
index bdeea29c..eea31890 100644
--- a/MANIFEST.in
+++ b/MANIFEST.in
@@ -5,4 +5,4 @@ include README.rst
 include dev_tools/requirements/deps/runtime.txt
 include dev_tools/requirements/deps/resource_estimates_runtime.txt
 include setup.py
-recursive-include src *.py *.hdf5 *.npy bad_type_operator.data geometry_example.txt
+recursive-include src *.py *.hdf5 bad_type_operator.data geometry_example.txt