diff --git a/serde/Cargo.toml b/serde/Cargo.toml
index 7caa18d9..532ed176 100644
--- a/serde/Cargo.toml
+++ b/serde/Cargo.toml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ documentation = "https://docs.serde.rs/serde/"
 keywords = ["serde", "serialization", "no_std"]
 categories = ["encoding"]
 readme = "crates-io.md"
-include = ["Cargo.toml", "build.rs", "src/**/*.rs", "crates-io.md", "README.md", "LICENSE-APACHE", "LICENSE-MIT"]
+include = ["build.rs", "src/**/*.rs", "crates-io.md", "README.md", "LICENSE-APACHE", "LICENSE-MIT"]
 build = "build.rs"
 
 [dependencies]
diff --git a/serde_derive/Cargo.toml b/serde_derive/Cargo.toml
index b3e19775..9e73e2f1 100644
--- a/serde_derive/Cargo.toml
+++ b/serde_derive/Cargo.toml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ repository = "https://github.com/serde-rs/serde"
 documentation = "https://serde.rs/derive.html"
 keywords = ["serde", "serialization", "no_std"]
 readme = "crates-io.md"
-include = ["Cargo.toml", "src/**/*.rs", "crates-io.md", "README.md", "LICENSE-APACHE", "LICENSE-MIT"]
+include = ["src/**/*.rs", "crates-io.md", "README.md", "LICENSE-APACHE", "LICENSE-MIT"]
 
 [features]
 default = []
diff --git a/serde_derive_internals/Cargo.toml b/serde_derive_internals/Cargo.toml
index 9b299d77..164f2751 100644
--- a/serde_derive_internals/Cargo.toml
+++ b/serde_derive_internals/Cargo.toml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ homepage = "https://serde.rs"
 repository = "https://github.com/serde-rs/serde"
 documentation = "https://docs.rs/serde_derive_internals"
 keywords = ["serde", "serialization"]
-include = ["Cargo.toml", "lib.rs", "src/**/*.rs", "LICENSE-APACHE", "LICENSE-MIT"]
+include = ["lib.rs", "src/**/*.rs", "LICENSE-APACHE", "LICENSE-MIT"]
 
 [lib]
 path = "lib.rs"
diff --git a/serde_test/Cargo.toml b/serde_test/Cargo.toml
index 48425cd3..c4c2d185 100644
--- a/serde_test/Cargo.toml
+++ b/serde_test/Cargo.toml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ repository = "https://github.com/serde-rs/serde"
 documentation = "https://docs.serde.rs/serde_test/"
 keywords = ["serde", "serialization"]
 readme = "crates-io.md"
-include = ["Cargo.toml", "src/**/*.rs", "crates-io.md", "README.md", "LICENSE-APACHE", "LICENSE-MIT"]
+include = ["src/**/*.rs", "crates-io.md", "README.md", "LICENSE-APACHE", "LICENSE-MIT"]
 
 [dependencies]
 serde = { version = "1.0.60", path = "../serde" }