diff --git a/MANIFEST.in b/MANIFEST.in
deleted file mode 100644
index d5d43acc..00000000
--- a/MANIFEST.in
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,18 +0,0 @@
-graft cf_xarray/data
-exclude cf_xarray/_version.py
-
-graft cf_xarray/scripts
-prune ci
-prune doc
-prune cf_xarray/tests
-prune *.egg-info
-prune .binder/
-prune .github/
-
-exclude CITATION.cff
-exclude .deepsource.toml
-exclude .tributors
-exclude .zenodo.json
-exclude *.yml
-exclude *.yaml
-exclude .gitignore
diff --git a/doc/whats-new.rst b/doc/whats-new.rst
index d2eb3620..b043f8cb 100644
--- a/doc/whats-new.rst
+++ b/doc/whats-new.rst
@@ -3,6 +3,11 @@
 What's New
 ----------
 
+v0.7.9 (Jan 31, 2023)
+=====================
+
+- Fix packaging of v0.7.8. That release was yanked off PyPI.
+
 v0.7.8 (Jan 31, 2023)
 =====================
 
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index a9044ec3..6ad7ffb0 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -40,8 +40,10 @@ requires = [
 build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
 
 [tool.setuptools]
-include-package-data = false
-packages = ["cf_xarray", "cf_xarray.scripts"]
+packages = ["cf_xarray", "cf_xarray.data", "cf_xarray.scripts"]
+
+[tool.setuptools.exclude-package-data]
+cf_xarray = ["tests/*"]
 
 [tool.setuptools.dynamic]
 version = {attr = "cf_xarray.__version__"}