diff --git a/MANIFEST.in b/MANIFEST.in
index dc39f9722..caafabf3e 100644
--- a/MANIFEST.in
+++ b/MANIFEST.in
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
+prune ubench
 recursive-include pybind11/include/pybind11 *.h
 recursive-include pybind11 *.py
 recursive-include pybind11 py.typed
 recursive-include pybind11 *.pyi
 include pybind11/share/cmake/pybind11/*.cmake
 include LICENSE README.rst pyproject.toml setup.py setup.cfg
-prune ubench