diff --git a/MANIFEST.in b/MANIFEST.in
index bd7eb968a..51d1b223c 100644
--- a/MANIFEST.in
+++ b/MANIFEST.in
@@ -3,5 +3,6 @@ include requirements.txt requirements-dev.txt tox.ini
 include moto/ec2/resources/instance_types.json
 include moto/ec2/resources/amis.json
 include moto/cognitoidp/resources/*.json
+include moto/dynamodb2/parsing/reserved_keywords.txt
 recursive-include moto/templates *
 recursive-include tests *
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index adc5e4bb9..684c0dcea 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -101,5 +101,4 @@ setup(
     project_urls={
         "Documentation": "http://docs.getmoto.org/en/latest/",
     },
-    data_files=[('', ['moto/dynamodb2/parsing/reserved_keywords.txt'])],
 )