diff --git a/MANIFEST.in b/MANIFEST.in
index 3a7b92c6d2c..cae39e21d78 100644
--- a/MANIFEST.in
+++ b/MANIFEST.in
@@ -32,7 +32,5 @@ recursive-include test/units *
 include Makefile
 include MANIFEST.in
 include changelogs/CHANGELOG*.rst
-include contrib/README.md
-recursive-include contrib/inventory *.py *.ini *.yml *.yaml
 recursive-include hacking/build_library *.py
 include hacking/build-ansible.py
diff --git a/test/sanity/code-smell/package-data.py b/test/sanity/code-smell/package-data.py
index 18de0760438..c408ecb64d8 100755
--- a/test/sanity/code-smell/package-data.py
+++ b/test/sanity/code-smell/package-data.py
@@ -24,8 +24,6 @@ def assemble_files_to_ship(complete_file_list):
         '.github/*',
         '.github/*/*',
         'changelogs/fragments/*',
-        'hacking/aws_config/*',
-        'hacking/aws_config/*/*',
         'hacking/shippable/*',
         'hacking/tests/*',
         'hacking/ticket_stubs/*',
@@ -35,10 +33,6 @@ def assemble_files_to_ship(complete_file_list):
         'test/utils/*/*',
         'test/utils/*/*/*',
         '.git*',
-        # Consciously left out
-        'examples/playbooks/*',
-        # Possibly should be included
-        'contrib/vault/*',
     )
     ignore_files = frozenset((
         # Developer-only tools
@@ -70,7 +64,6 @@ def assemble_files_to_ship(complete_file_list):
         'hacking/env-setup.fish',
         'CODING_GUIDELINES.md',
         'MANIFEST',
-        'MODULE_GUIDELINES.md',
     ))
 
     # These files are generated and then intentionally added to the sdist