diff --git a/MANIFEST.in b/MANIFEST.in
deleted file mode 100644
index d90ed90da..000000000
--- a/MANIFEST.in
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-include README.md
-recursive-include ros_buildfarm/templates *
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index a357f93e3..23bef5b2a 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -26,8 +26,18 @@
     # - stdeb.cfg
     'version': '3.0.1-master',
     'packages': find_packages(exclude=['test']),
+    'package_data': {
+        'ros_buildfarm.templates': [
+            '*/*/*.css',
+            '*.em',
+            '*/*.em',
+            '*/*/*.em',
+            '*/*.groovy',
+            '*/*/*.js',
+            '*/*/*.parser',
+        ],
+    },
     'scripts': scripts,
-    'include_package_data': True,
     'zip_safe': False,
     'install_requires': [
         'empy<4',