diff --git a/MANIFEST.in b/MANIFEST.in
deleted file mode 100644
index 18d294ce..00000000
--- a/MANIFEST.in
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-include LICENSE
-include NOTICE
-include *.rst *.txt
-recursive-include docs *.rst *.txt *.py *.conf
-prune docs/.crate-docs
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index dde91b73..2a92cc00 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -2,6 +2,18 @@
 requires = ["hatchling >= 1.26", "versioningit"]
 build-backend = "hatchling.build"
 
+[tool.hatch.build.targets.sdist]
+include = [
+  "/docs",
+  "/src/crate/*.py",
+  "/tests",
+  "*.rst",
+  "*.txt",
+]
+exclude = [
+  "/docs/.crate-docs",
+]
+
 [tool.hatch.build.targets.wheel]
 packages = ["src/crate"]