diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 4d69a2be0d7..933593e6796 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -1313,12 +1313,14 @@ def get_exts_for(name):
         "ddtrace": ["py.typed"],
         "ddtrace.appsec": ["rules.json"],
         "ddtrace.appsec._ddwaf": ["libddwaf/*/lib/libddwaf.*"],
-        "ddtrace.appsec._iast._taint_tracking": ["CMakeLists.txt"],
         "ddtrace.internal.datadog.profiling": (
             ["libdd_wrapper*.*"]
             + (["ddtrace/internal/datadog/profiling/test/*"] if BUILD_PROFILING_NATIVE_TESTS else [])
         ),
     },
+    exclude_package_data={
+        "": ["CMakeLists.txt", "*.md", "*.sh", "*.cmake", "*.pxd"],
+    },
     zip_safe=False,
     # enum34 is an enum backport for earlier versions of python
     # funcsigs backport required for vendored debtcollector