diff --git a/Rakefile b/Rakefile
index 925b87b..0c48773 100644
--- a/Rakefile
+++ b/Rakefile
@@ -8,17 +8,23 @@ GEMSPEC = Gem::Specification.load('oga.gemspec')
 LEXER_OUTPUT  = 'lib/oga/xml/lexer.rb'
 PARSER_OUTPUT = 'lib/oga/xml/parser.rb'
 
-GENERATED_FILES = [
+CLEAN.include(
   'coverage',
   'yardoc',
   LEXER_OUTPUT,
   PARSER_OUTPUT,
   'benchmark/fixtures/big.xml'
-]
+)
 
-GENERATED_FILES.each do |file|
-  CLEAN << file if File.exist?(file)
-end
+FILE_LIST = FileList.new(
+  'checkum/**/*.*',
+  'doc/**/*.*',
+  'lib/**/*.*',
+  'LICENSE',
+  'MANIFEST',
+  '*.gemspec',
+  'README.md'
+)
 
 Dir['./task/*.rake'].each do |task|
   import(task)
diff --git a/task/manifest.rake b/task/manifest.rake
index 146dc02..da68f93 100644
--- a/task/manifest.rake
+++ b/task/manifest.rake
@@ -1,8 +1,7 @@
 desc 'Generates the MANIFEST file'
 task :manifest do
-  generated = GENERATED_FILES.map { |path| File.expand_path(path) }
-  files     = (`git ls-files`.split("\n") | generated).sort
-  handle    = File.open(File.expand_path('../../MANIFEST', __FILE__), 'w')
+  files  = FILE_LIST.to_a.sort
+  handle = File.open(File.expand_path('../../MANIFEST', __FILE__), 'w')
 
   handle.write(files.join("\n"))
   handle.close