diff --git a/MANIFEST.in b/MANIFEST.in
index eecbc64f..983da59f 100644
--- a/MANIFEST.in
+++ b/MANIFEST.in
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ include Makefile
 include README.rst
 include RELEASE
 include tox.ini
-#include tqdm.gif
+# include tqdm.gif # too big...
 
 # Test suite
 recursive-include tqdm/tests *.py
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 9410e35a..ac071db3 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -68,6 +68,7 @@ install:
 build:
 	python -c "import shutil; shutil.rmtree('build', True)"
 	python -c "import shutil; shutil.rmtree('dist', True)"
+    python -c "import shutil; shutil.rmtree('tqdm.egg-info', True)"
 	python setup.py sdist --formats=gztar,zip bdist_wininst
 	python setup.py sdist bdist_wheel