diff --git a/MANIFEST.in b/MANIFEST.in
index 72219958..194b0f80 100644
--- a/MANIFEST.in
+++ b/MANIFEST.in
@@ -2,6 +2,11 @@ include requirements.txt
 include docker/*
 recursive-include compiler *
 recursive-include technology *
+exclude .DS_Store
+exclude .idea
+exclude **/model_data
+exclude technology/sky130/*_lib
+exclude technology/sky130/tech/.magicrc
 exclude compiler/gen_stimulus.py
 exclude compiler/model_data_util.py
 exclude compiler/printGDS.py
@@ -9,4 +14,8 @@ exclude compiler/processGDS.py
 exclude compiler/uniquifyGDS.py
 exclude compiler/view_profile.py 
 exclude compiler/run_profile.sh
-global-exclude *.pyc
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+recursive-exclude open_pdks *
+recursive-exclude compiler/tests/results *
+recursive-exclude technology/freepdk45/ncsu_basekit *
+recursive-exclude outputs *
+global-exclude *.pyc *~ *.orig *.rej *.aux *.out *.toc *.synctex.gz
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