diff --git a/MANIFEST.in b/MANIFEST.in
index e678e6b01..711f9cd8d 100644
--- a/MANIFEST.in
+++ b/MANIFEST.in
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@ include llama_stack/models/llama/llama4/tokenizer.model
 include llama_stack/core/*.sh
 include llama_stack/cli/scripts/*.sh
 include llama_stack/distributions/*/*.yaml
+exclude llama_stack/distributions/ci-tests
 include llama_stack/providers/tests/test_cases/inference/*.json
 include llama_stack/models/llama/*/*.md
 include llama_stack/tests/integration/*.jpg
+prune llama_stack/distributions/ci-tests