diff --git a/MANIFEST.in b/MANIFEST.in
index f7db91710..16f732e0c 100644
--- a/MANIFEST.in
+++ b/MANIFEST.in
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ include contrib/deterministic-build/requirements*.txt
 include contrib/*.sh
 
 graft electrum
-prune electrum/tests
+prune tests
 graft contrib/udev
 
 exclude electrum/*.so
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 3e10d8282..26efdfe84 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -112,12 +112,12 @@ $ ./run_electrum
 
 Run unit tests with `pytest`:
 ```
-$ pytest electrum/tests -v
+$ pytest tests -v
 ```
 
 To run a single file, specify it directly like this:
 ```
-$ pytest electrum/tests/test_bitcoin.py -v
+$ pytest tests/test_bitcoin.py -v
 ```
 
 ## Creating Binaries
diff --git a/contrib/android/buildozer_qml.spec b/contrib/android/buildozer_qml.spec
index 8bc01fd0e..9c89e9c9a 100644
--- a/contrib/android/buildozer_qml.spec
+++ b/contrib/android/buildozer_qml.spec
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ source.exclude_exts = spec
 
 # (list) List of directory to exclude (let empty to not exclude anything)
 source.exclude_dirs = bin, build, dist, contrib, env,
-    electrum/tests,
+    tests,
     electrum/www,
     electrum/scripts,
     electrum/utils,