diff --git a/MANIFEST.in b/MANIFEST.in
index 651a42af2..f01617f3c 100644
--- a/MANIFEST.in
+++ b/MANIFEST.in
@@ -17,8 +17,11 @@ graft contrib/udev
 
 exclude electrum/*.so
 exclude electrum/*.so.0
+exclude electrum/*.dll
+exclude electrum/*.dylib
 
 global-exclude __pycache__
 global-exclude *.py[co~]
 global-exclude *.py.orig
 global-exclude *.py.rej
+global-exclude .git
diff --git a/contrib/build-linux/sdist/make_tgz b/contrib/build-linux/sdist/make_tgz
index 28032fe47..f9d556c49 100755
--- a/contrib/build-linux/sdist/make_tgz
+++ b/contrib/build-linux/sdist/make_tgz
@@ -33,12 +33,8 @@ git submodule update --init
 (
     cd "$ROOT_FOLDER"
 
-    echo "'git clean -fd' would delete the following files: >>>"
-    git clean -fd --dry-run
-    echo "<<<"
-
     # we could build the kivy atlas potentially?
-    #(cd electrum/gui/kivy/; make theming) || echo "building kivy atlas failed! skipping."
+    #(cd contrib/android/; make theming) || echo "building kivy atlas failed! skipping."
 
     find -exec touch -h -d '2000-11-11T11:11:11+00:00' {} +