diff --git a/bindings/python/MANIFEST.in b/bindings/python/MANIFEST.in
deleted file mode 100644
index 97829464..00000000
--- a/bindings/python/MANIFEST.in
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,30 +0,0 @@
-include README.md
-include CHANGELOG.md
-include CONTRIBUTING.md
-include LICENSE
-include *.sh
-include pyproject.toml
-include tox.ini
-
-exclude THIRD-PARTY-NOTICES
-exclude addtags.py
-exclude benchmark.py
-exclude repair_wheel.py
-exclude RELEASE.md
-exclude asv.conf.json
-
-graft pymongoarrow
-
-recursive-include test *
-recursive-exclude docs *
-recursive-exclude benchmarks *
-
-global-exclude *.cpp
-global-exclude *.dylib
-global-exclude *.so.*
-global-exclude *.so
-global-exclude *.dll
-global-exclude *.pyd
-global-exclude *.pyc
-global-exclude .git*
-global-exclude .DS_Store
diff --git a/bindings/python/THIRD-PARTY-NOTICES b/bindings/python/THIRD-PARTY-NOTICES
index 0c4b95f4..636b3def 100644
--- a/bindings/python/THIRD-PARTY-NOTICES
+++ b/bindings/python/THIRD-PARTY-NOTICES
@@ -10,31 +10,3 @@ The attached notices are provided for information only.
 
 For any licenses that require disclosure of source, sources are available at
 https://github.com/mongodb-labs/mongo-arrow/.
-
-
-1) License Notice for addtags.py
---------------------------------
-
-The addtags.py file was adapted from auditwheel (https://github.com/pypa/auditwheel).
-
-The MIT License
-
-Copyright (c) 2016 Robert T. McGibbon <rmcgibbo@gmail.com>
-
-Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
-of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
-in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
-to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
-copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
-furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
-
-The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in
-all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
-
-THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
-IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
-FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
-AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
-LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
-OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN
-THE SOFTWARE.
diff --git a/bindings/python/addtags.py b/bindings/python/addtags.py
deleted file mode 100644
index e93cbecf..00000000
--- a/bindings/python/addtags.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,59 +0,0 @@
-# Dependencies:
-# - auditwheel>=6,<7
-# Requires AUDITWHEEL_PLAT to be set (e.g. manylinux2014_x86_64)
-# Usage:
-# $ python addtags.py WHEEL_PATH WHEEL_DIR
-import os
-from os.path import abspath, basename, exists, isfile
-from os.path import join as pjoin
-from sys import argv
-
-from auditwheel.policy import WheelPolicies, get_replace_platforms
-from auditwheel.wheel_abi import analyze_wheel_abi
-from auditwheel.wheeltools import InWheelCtx, add_platforms
-
-
-def repair_wheel(wheel_path, abi, wheel_dir):
-    wheel_fname = basename(wheel_path)
-    with InWheelCtx(wheel_path) as ctx:
-        ctx.out_wheel = pjoin(wheel_dir, wheel_fname)
-        ctx.out_wheel = add_platforms(ctx, [abi], get_replace_platforms(abi))
-    return ctx.out_wheel
-
-
-def main(wheel_path, abi, wheel_dir):
-    if not isfile(wheel_path):
-        msg = f"cannot access wheel file {wheel_path}"
-        raise FileNotFoundError(msg)
-
-    if not exists(wheel_dir):
-        os.makedirs(wheel_dir)
-
-    policies = WheelPolicies()
-    reqd_tag = policies.get_priority_by_name(abi)
-    out_wheel = repair_wheel(wheel_path, abi, wheel_dir)
-
-    if out_wheel is not None:
-        analyzed_tag = analyze_wheel_abi(policies, out_wheel, frozenset()).overall_tag
-        if reqd_tag < policies.get_priority_by_name(analyzed_tag):
-            print(
-                "Wheel is eligible for a higher priority tag. "
-                f"You requested {abi} but I have found this wheel is "
-                f"eligible for {analyzed_tag}."
-            )
-            out_wheel = repair_wheel(wheel_path, analyzed_tag, wheel_dir)
-
-        print(f"Fixed-up wheel written to {out_wheel}")
-
-
-if __name__ == "__main__":
-    WHEEL_PATH, WHEEL_DIR = argv[1], argv[2]
-    TARGET_PLATFORM = os.environ["AUDITWHEEL_PLAT"]
-    print(f"wheel path: {WHEEL_PATH}")
-    print(f"target platform: {TARGET_PLATFORM}")
-    print(f"wheel dir: {WHEEL_DIR}")
-    main(
-        wheel_path=abspath(WHEEL_PATH),
-        abi=TARGET_PLATFORM,
-        wheel_dir=abspath(WHEEL_DIR),
-    )
diff --git a/bindings/python/pyproject.toml b/bindings/python/pyproject.toml
index 121e8509..6e83ee1c 100644
--- a/bindings/python/pyproject.toml
+++ b/bindings/python/pyproject.toml
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ manylinux-x86_64-image = "manylinux_2_28"
 manylinux-aarch64-image = "manylinux_2_28"
 repair-wheel-command = [
     "pip install \"auditwheel>=6,<7\"",
-    "python addtags.py {wheel} {dest_dir}"
+    "auditwheel repair -w {dest_dir} --exclude libarrow* {wheel}"
 ]
 
 [tool.cibuildwheel.macos]
@@ -142,7 +142,6 @@ exclude = [
 ]
 
 [tool.ruff.lint.per-file-ignores]
-"addtags.py" = ["T201", "PTH"]
 "setup.py" = ["PTH", "EM", "B", "S", "E501"]
 "docs/source/conf.py" = ["E501", "S", "PTH"]
 "benchmarks.py" = ["T201", "E501", "C4"]