diff --git a/Lib/idlelib/MANIFEST.in b/Lib/idlelib/MANIFEST.in
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-# Many of these entries are unnecessary because of the extra file copying
-# built into IDLE's setup.py.  However, if that should change, they may
-# become necessary and meanwhile do no harm.
-include *.bat
-include *.def
-include *.gif
-include *.pyw
-include *.txt
-include idle
-include MANIFEST.in
-include MANIFEST