diff --git a/certbot/MANIFEST.in b/certbot/MANIFEST.in
index 7f529c7a7..819babe58 100644
--- a/certbot/MANIFEST.in
+++ b/certbot/MANIFEST.in
@@ -1,8 +1,6 @@
 include README.rst
 include CHANGELOG.md
-include CONTRIBUTING.md
 include LICENSE.txt
-include linter_plugin.py
 recursive-include docs *
 recursive-include examples *
 recursive-include certbot/tests/testdata *