diff --git a/MANIFEST b/MANIFEST
index 231943f..2c32581 100644
--- a/MANIFEST
+++ b/MANIFEST
@@ -17,4 +17,3 @@ README
 share/nrpe.cfg
 share/protocol-nrpe.md
 t/packet.t
-xt/AMARSCHKE/podcoverage.t
diff --git a/MANIFEST.SKIP b/MANIFEST.SKIP
index 1dd1208..1ae93c9 100644
--- a/MANIFEST.SKIP
+++ b/MANIFEST.SKIP
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 ,v$
 \B\.svn\b
 \B\.git\b
-\B\.gitignore\b
+\.gitignore$
 \b_darcs\b
 \B\.cvsignore$
 
@@ -79,3 +79,6 @@
 
 # Avoid archives of this distribution
 \bNagios-NRPE-v?[\d\.\_]+
+
+# Avoid author only test
+\bxt/AMARSCHKE/podcoverage\.t$