diff --git a/MANIFEST.in b/MANIFEST.in
index 2d26fbfd6adaf..b7a7e6039ac9a 100644
--- a/MANIFEST.in
+++ b/MANIFEST.in
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ include setup.py
 graft doc
 prune doc/build
 
-graft examples
 graft pandas
 
 global-exclude *.so