diff --git a/MANIFEST.in b/MANIFEST.in
index 00e450866..15c4d0b08 100644
--- a/MANIFEST.in
+++ b/MANIFEST.in
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 recursive-include rest_framework/static *.js *.css *.png
-recursive-include rest_framework/templates *.txt *.html
+recursive-include rest_framework/templates *.html