diff --git a/MANIFEST.in b/MANIFEST.in
index 37d61f40de..44d5cc7618 100644
--- a/MANIFEST.in
+++ b/MANIFEST.in
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ recursive-include changelog.d *
 
 prune .circleci
 prune .github
-prune ci
+prune .ci
 prune contrib
 prune debian
 prune demo/etc
diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
index b695126019..5a62ec76c2 100644
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ lint_targets =
     contrib
     synctl
     synmark
-    ci
+    .ci
     docker
 
 # default settings for all tox environments