diff --git a/MANIFEST.in b/MANIFEST.in
index ff3a0221084..9db0472b363 100644
--- a/MANIFEST.in
+++ b/MANIFEST.in
@@ -1,8 +1,6 @@
 include README.md packaging/rpm/ansible.spec COPYING
 include examples/hosts
 include examples/ansible.cfg
-graft examples/playbooks
-include packaging/distutils/setup.py
 include lib/ansible/module_utils/powershell.ps1
 recursive-include docs *
 include Makefile
diff --git a/packaging/debian/ansible.install b/packaging/debian/ansible.install
index 30aef22b87c..2caf1452fe3 100644
--- a/packaging/debian/ansible.install
+++ b/packaging/debian/ansible.install
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 examples/hosts etc/ansible
-library/* usr/share/ansible
 docs/man/man1/*.1 usr/share/man/man1
 bin/* usr/bin
 examples/ansible.cfg etc/ansible
diff --git a/packaging/rpm/ansible.spec b/packaging/rpm/ansible.spec
index 4483e7da5d5..79e1dd03c70 100644
--- a/packaging/rpm/ansible.spec
+++ b/packaging/rpm/ansible.spec
@@ -95,7 +95,6 @@ cp examples/ansible.cfg %{buildroot}/etc/ansible/
 mkdir -p %{buildroot}/%{_mandir}/man1/
 cp -v docs/man/man1/*.1 %{buildroot}/%{_mandir}/man1/
 mkdir -p %{buildroot}/%{_datadir}/ansible
-cp -rv library/* %{buildroot}/%{_datadir}/ansible/
 
 %clean
 rm -rf %{buildroot}
@@ -110,8 +109,6 @@ rm -rf %{buildroot}
 %config(noreplace) %{_sysconfdir}/ansible
 %doc README.md PKG-INFO COPYING
 %doc %{_mandir}/man1/ansible*
-%doc examples/playbooks
-
 
 %changelog