diff --git a/MANIFEST.in b/MANIFEST.in
index 0887e73..485fc0a 100644
--- a/MANIFEST.in
+++ b/MANIFEST.in
@@ -21,6 +21,6 @@
 
 include requirements.txt
 include README.rst
-recursive-include osm_mon *.py
+recursive-include osm_mon *.py *.xml
 recursive-include devops-stages *
 recursive-include test *.py
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 20d4068..648d9e9 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -50,9 +50,6 @@
       license=_license,
       packages=[_name],
       package_dir={_name: _name},
-      package_data={_name: ['osm_mon/core/message_bus/*.py', 'osm_mon/core/models/*.json',
-                            'osm_mon/plugins/OpenStack/Aodh/*.py', 'osm_mon/plugins/OpenStack/Gnocchi/*.py',
-                            'osm_mon/plugins/vRealiseOps/*', 'osm_mon/plugins/CloudWatch/*']},
       scripts=['osm_mon/plugins/vRealiseOps/vROPs_Webservice/vrops_webservice',
                'osm_mon/core/message_bus/common_consumer.py'],
       install_requires=parse_requirements('requirements.txt'),