diff --git a/MANIFEST.in b/MANIFEST.in
index eea6b5f8..2416ce79 100644
--- a/MANIFEST.in
+++ b/MANIFEST.in
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 include *.rst
 recursive-include pelican *.html *.css *png *.rst *.markdown *.md *.mkd *.xml *.py *.jinja2
-recursive-include samples *
 include LICENSE THANKS docs/changelog.rst pyproject.toml
+graft samples
 global-exclude __pycache__
 global-exclude *.py[co]