diff --git a/py/BUILD.bazel b/py/BUILD.bazel
index ac44993213066..d9e2a406b0a38 100644
--- a/py/BUILD.bazel
+++ b/py/BUILD.bazel
@@ -228,7 +228,6 @@ pkg_files(
     name = "selenium-sdist-pkg",
     srcs = [
         "CHANGES",
-        "MANIFEST.in",
         "README.rst",
         "pyproject.toml",
         "setup.py",
diff --git a/py/MANIFEST.in b/py/MANIFEST.in
deleted file mode 100644
index b46446d38ec50..0000000000000
--- a/py/MANIFEST.in
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,24 +0,0 @@
-prune *
-recursive-include selenium/webdriver *.py
-recursive-include selenium/webdriver/common *.py
-recursive-include selenium/webdriver/common/actions *.py
-recursive-include selenium/webdriver/common/html5 *.py
-recursive-include selenium/common *.py
-recursive-include selenium/webdriver/chromium *.py
-recursive-include selenium/webdriver/chrome *.py
-recursive-include selenium/webdriver/phantomjs *.py
-recursive-include selenium/webdriver/firefox *.py *.xpi *.json
-recursive-include selenium/webdriver/ie *.py
-recursive-include selenium/webdriver/edge *.py
-recursive-include selenium/webdriver/remote *.py *.js
-recursive-include selenium/webdriver/support *.py
-include selenium/selenium.py
-include selenium/__init__.py
-include selenium/py.typed
-include selenium/webdriver/common/linux/selenium-manager
-include selenium/webdriver/common/macos/selenium-manager
-include selenium/webdriver/common/windows/selenium-manager.exe
-include CHANGES
-include README.rst
-include LICENSE
-recursive-include selenium.egg-info *
diff --git a/py/pyproject.toml b/py/pyproject.toml
index 8a5e26071de6a..eecffc1f3c3c8 100644
--- a/py/pyproject.toml
+++ b/py/pyproject.toml
@@ -2,6 +2,28 @@
 requires = ["setuptools", "setuptools-rust"]
 build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
 
+[tool.setuptools.packages.find]
+include = ["selenium*"]
+exclude = ["test*"]
+namespaces = false
+# include-package-data is `true` by default in pyproject.toml
+
+[tool.setuptools.package-data]
+selenium_package = [
+    "*.py", 
+    "*.rst",
+    "*.json", 
+    "*.xpi", 
+    "*.js",
+    "py.typed",
+    "prune*",
+    "selenium.egg-info*",
+    "selenium-manager", 
+    "selenium-manager.exe",
+    "CHANGES",
+    "LICENSE"
+]
+
 [tool.pytest.ini_options]
 console_output_style = "progress"
 faulthandler_timeout = 60