diff --git a/MANIFEST.in b/MANIFEST.in
index 37f246cb1..515844d0b 100644
--- a/MANIFEST.in
+++ b/MANIFEST.in
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ include electrum.desktop
 include *.py
 include electrum
 recursive-include lib *.py
-recursive-include lib/wordlist *
 recursive-include gui *.py
 recursive-include plugins *.py
 recursive-include packages *.py