diff --git a/MANIFEST.in b/MANIFEST.in
index ff4d8ccddb..3c687ce2da 100644
--- a/MANIFEST.in
+++ b/MANIFEST.in
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
 recursive-include awx *.py
+recursive-include awx *.po
+recursive-include awx *.mo
 recursive-include awx/static *
 recursive-include awx/templates *.html
 recursive-include awx/api/templates *.md *.html
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index bf6d0f7393..627c604746 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -155,9 +155,7 @@ setup(
     },
     data_files = proc_data_files([
         ("%s" % homedir,        ["config/wsgi.py",
-                                 "awx/static/favicon.ico",
-                                 "awx/locale/*/LC_MESSAGES/*.po",
-                                 "awx/locale/*/LC_MESSAGES/*.mo"]),
+                                 "awx/static/favicon.ico"]),
         ("%s" % siteconfig,      ["config/awx-nginx.conf"]),
         #        ("%s" % webconfig,      ["config/uwsgi_params"]),
         ("%s" % sharedir,       ["tools/scripts/request_tower_configuration.sh","tools/scripts/request_tower_configuration.ps1"]),