diff --git a/MANIFEST.in b/MANIFEST.in
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..794311f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/MANIFEST.in
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+# Copyright (c) Meta Platforms, Inc. and affiliates.
+# All rights reserved.
+
+# This source code is licensed under the license found in the
+# LICENSE file in the root directory of this source tree.
+
+recursive-include sam2 *.yaml #include all config files
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index cb68989..54ec575 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -165,7 +165,6 @@ setup(
     author_email=AUTHOR_EMAIL,
     license=LICENSE,
     packages=find_packages(exclude="notebooks"),
-    package_data={"": ["*.yaml"]},  # SAM 2 configuration files
     include_package_data=True,
     install_requires=REQUIRED_PACKAGES,
     extras_require=EXTRA_PACKAGES,