diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index e41dd8d2..00000000
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,73 +0,0 @@
-name: Publish cgat-apps wheels to PyPI and TestPyPI
-
-on:
-  push:
-    branches:
-      - v[0-9]+.[0-9]+.x
-    tags:
-      - v*
-  release:
-    types:
-      - published
-
-jobs:
-
-  build_sdist:
-
-    runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}-latest
-    strategy:
-      matrix:
-        os: [ubuntu, macos]
-        python-version: [3.10]
-
-    steps:
-      - name: Checkout cgat-apps
-        uses: actions/checkout@v2
-
-      - name: Set up Python ${{ matrix.python-version }}
-        uses: actions/setup-python@v2
-        with:
-          python-version: ${{ matrix.python-version }}
-
-      - name: Install prerequisite Python libraries
-        run:  |
-          python -m pip install --upgrade pip
-          pip install wheel
-
-      - name: Create source distribution
-        run:  python setup.py sdist bdist_wheel
-
-      - uses: actions/upload-artifact@v2
-        with:
-          path: dist/*.tar.gz
-
-      - uses: actions/upload-artifact@v2          
-        with:
-          path: dist/*.whl
-
-  upload_pypi:
-
-    needs: [build_sdist]
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-
-    steps:
-      - name: Get Artifacts
-        uses: actions/download-artifact@v2
-        with:
-          name: artifact
-          path: dist
-
-      - name: Publish distribution to Test PyPI
-        if: github.event_name == 'push' && startsWith(github.ref, 'refs/tags/v')
-        uses: pypa/gh-action-pypi-publish@master
-        with:
-          user: __token__
-          password: ${{ secrets.TEST_PYPI_API_TOKEN }}
-          repository_url: https://test.pypi.org/legacy/
-
-      - name: Publish distribution to PyPI
-        if: github.event_name == 'release' && github.event.action == 'published'
-        uses: pypa/gh-action-pypi-publish@master
-        with:
-          password: ${{ secrets.PYPI_API_TOKEN }}
-
diff --git a/MANIFEST.in b/MANIFEST.in
index 54d5337d..aae95799 100644
--- a/MANIFEST.in
+++ b/MANIFEST.in
@@ -1,25 +1 @@
-#
-# Use .add_data_files and .add_data_dir methods in a appropriate
-# setup.py files to include non-python files such as documentation,
-# data, etc files to distribution. Avoid using MANIFEST.in for that.
-#
-include MANIFEST.in
-include LICENSE
-include INSTALL
-include README.rst
-include KNOWN_BUGS
-include THANKS.txt
-
-include install.sh
-include requires.txt
-
-include cgat/Components/*.h
-include cgat/Components/*.cpp
-include cgat/NCL/*.h
-include cgat/NCL/*.pxd
-include cgat/NCL/intervaldb.c
-include cgat/Components/connected_components.h
-include cgat/Components/connected_components.cpp
-exclude cgat/Components/Components.cpp
-include cgat/BamTools/*.pyx
-include cgat/VCFTools/*.pyx
+recursive-exclude tests *
diff --git a/cgat/version.py b/cgat/version.py
index a5f830a2..4910b9ec 100644
--- a/cgat/version.py
+++ b/cgat/version.py
@@ -1 +1 @@
-__version__ = "0.7.1"
+__version__ = "0.7.3"
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index adb4ccd7..1cc415ea 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -169,7 +169,7 @@ def is_exe(fpath):
 elif major == 3:
     pass
 
-cgat_packages = find_packages()
+cgat_packages = find_packages(exclude=['tests'])
 cgat_package_dirs = {'cgat': 'cgat'}
 
 ##########################################################