diff --git a/MANIFEST.in b/MANIFEST.in
index 2cdbe6c..4e34a4d 100644
--- a/MANIFEST.in
+++ b/MANIFEST.in
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 include AUTHORS COPYING mugshot.1 mugshot.desktop.in README
 include bin/*
 recursive-include data *.svg *.ui *.xml
-exclude data/appdata/*.xml
 recursive-include mugshot *.py
 recursive-include mugshot_lib *.py
 recursive-include po *.po *.in