diff --git a/MANIFEST.in b/MANIFEST.in
index d1b6b69633..621e34cb76 100644
--- a/MANIFEST.in
+++ b/MANIFEST.in
@@ -3,13 +3,13 @@ include LICENSE
 include VERSION
 include *.rst
 include demo/README
+include demo/demo.tls.dh
+include demo/*.py
+include demo/*.sh
 
 recursive-include synapse/storage/schema *.sql
 recursive-include synapse/storage/schema *.py
 
-recursive-include demo *.dh
-recursive-include demo *.py
-recursive-include demo *.sh
 recursive-include docs *
 recursive-include scripts *
 recursive-include scripts-dev *
@@ -18,3 +18,5 @@ recursive-include tests *.py
 recursive-include static *.css
 recursive-include static *.html
 recursive-include static *.js
+
+prune demo/etc