diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 7abffbf16da8ac74211e43bb9155fbf447488285..1496b33000fc41f2ac607c5a912d6bbff5abc1a8 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -8,3 +8,5 @@ flake8:
 
 py27:
   script: tox -e py27
+
+
diff --git a/MANIFEST.in b/MANIFEST.in
index 3d6fd8f00309581fd528690035e716be211faa79..78c54b68b8ad9edfbca7bb82f3d5c019d544857f 100644
--- a/MANIFEST.in
+++ b/MANIFEST.in
@@ -11,3 +11,5 @@ include tox.ini
 include .gitlab-ci.yml
 prune debian
 prune cubicweb-elasticsearch.spec
+
+exclude .gitlab-ci.yml