diff --git a/MANIFEST.SKIP b/MANIFEST.SKIP
index bd1aa8a..52bcc70 100755
--- a/MANIFEST.SKIP
+++ b/MANIFEST.SKIP
@@ -36,8 +36,8 @@
 \.tmp$
 \.cache$
 \.old$
-^#.*#$
-^\.#
+\#.*\#$
+^\.\#
 
 # Protected checks
 ^t/corpus/BRZ13