diff --git a/MANIFEST.in b/MANIFEST.in
index d02fe3ed959..a98672ff8ae 100644
--- a/MANIFEST.in
+++ b/MANIFEST.in
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-include README.md AUTHORS.md ansible.spec
+include README.md ansible.spec
 include examples/hosts
 recursive-include docs *
 recursive-include library *
diff --git a/ansible.spec b/ansible.spec
index bbe9c8cd3d1..e2ef116bff9 100644
--- a/ansible.spec
+++ b/ansible.spec
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ cp -v library/* $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/%{_datadir}/ansible/
 rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
 
 %files
-%doc README.md AUTHORS.md PKG-INFO
+%doc README.md PKG-INFO
 %defattr(-,root,root)
 %{_mandir}/man1/*.gz
 %{python_sitelib}/*