diff --git a/MANIFEST.in b/MANIFEST.in
index 344dd42..a8d78ac 100644
--- a/MANIFEST.in
+++ b/MANIFEST.in
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
-include gplately/logging_config.yaml
\ No newline at end of file
+include gplately/logging_config.yaml
+prune build
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index ddbbb28..1c67a3e 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [tool.setuptools.packages.find]
 where = ["."]
-exclude = ['*.examples*','*.notebooks*','tests-dir*','Notebooks*', 'scripts*']
+exclude = ['*.examples*','*.notebooks*','tests-dir*','Notebooks*', 'scripts*', 'build*']
 namespaces = true
 
 #[tool.setuptools.dynamic]