diff --git a/MANIFEST.in b/MANIFEST.in
index ae7db51fa..6c4afa176 100644
--- a/MANIFEST.in
+++ b/MANIFEST.in
@@ -1,9 +1,8 @@
-include README.rst
-include AUTHORS
-include INSTALL
-include LICENSE
-include MANIFEST.in
+include CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md
+include CONTRIBUTING.md
+include INSTALL.md
 include NEWS
+include SECURITY.md
 
 include scrapy/VERSION
 include scrapy/mime.types
@@ -11,16 +10,13 @@ include scrapy/mime.types
 include codecov.yml
 include conftest.py
 include pytest.ini
-include requirements-*.txt
 include tox.ini
 
 recursive-include scrapy/templates *
-recursive-include scrapy license.txt
 recursive-include docs *
 prune docs/build
 
 recursive-include extras *
-recursive-include bin *
 recursive-include tests *
 
 global-exclude __pycache__ *.py[cod]