diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 5ed9984db..4f11fa143 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 # HDMF Changelog
 
-## HDMF 3.14.1 (June 3, 2024)
+## HDMF 3.14.1 (Upcoming)
 
-### Bug Fixes
+### Bug fixes
+- Excluded unnecessary artifacts from sdist and wheel. @rly [#1119](https://github.com/hdmf-dev/hdmf/pull/1119)
 - Fixed issue with resolving attribute specs that have the same name at different levels of a spec hierarchy.
   @rly [#1122](https://github.com/hdmf-dev/hdmf/pull/1122)
 
-
 ## HDMF 3.14.0 (May 20, 2024)
 
 ### Enhancements
diff --git a/MANIFEST.in b/MANIFEST.in
deleted file mode 100644
index 9b77b2ac8..000000000
--- a/MANIFEST.in
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-include license.txt Legal.txt src/hdmf/_due.py
-include requirements.txt requirements-dev.txt requirements-doc.txt requirements-min.txt requirements-opt.txt
-include test_gallery.py tox.ini
-graft tests
-global-exclude *.py[cod]
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index f0a0b7fb7..3a0034087 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -64,10 +64,23 @@ source = "vcs"
 version-file = "src/hdmf/_version.py"
 
 [tool.hatch.build.targets.sdist]
-exclude = [".git_archival.txt"]
+exclude = [
+    ".git*",
+    ".codecov.yml",
+    ".readthedocs.yaml",
+    ".mailmap",
+    ".pre-commit-config.yaml",
+]
 
 [tool.hatch.build.targets.wheel]
 packages = ["src/hdmf"]
+exclude = [
+    ".git*",
+    ".codecov.yml",
+    ".readthedocs.yaml",
+    ".mailmap",
+    ".pre-commit-config.yaml",
+]
 
 # [tool.mypy]
 # no_incremental = true  # needed b/c mypy and ruamel.yaml do not play nice. https://github.com/python/mypy/issues/12664