diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index b00746d..6d57804 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ docs/build/*
 github/*
 dist/*
 .DS_Store
-examples/data
 /build-*
 venv-build
 .Rhistory
@@ -22,11 +21,7 @@ Makefile
 *.mesh
 MANIFEST
 *mesher.egg*
-*.shp
-*.shx
-*.prj
 *.geojson
-*.dbf
 *.pyc
 *.neigh
 *.node
@@ -34,7 +29,6 @@ MANIFEST
 *.poly
 *.ipynb
 *.vtu
-*.tif
 *.xml
 *.ovr
 *.tfw
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index f3c1f56..0aa0071 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -21,10 +21,6 @@ Build requirements
 $ pip install mesher
 ```
 
-### Examples
-
-Extract `examples/data.zip` to `examples/data` run examples
-
 
 
 
diff --git a/examples.zip b/examples.zip
deleted file mode 100644
index c7a9b35..0000000
Binary files a/examples.zip and /dev/null differ
diff --git a/examples/data.zip b/examples/data.zip
deleted file mode 100644
index b645ae0..0000000
Binary files a/examples/data.zip and /dev/null differ
diff --git a/publish.sh b/publish.sh
index 0908168..695695d 100755
--- a/publish.sh
+++ b/publish.sh
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
-python setup.py sdist
+python -m build
+rm -f dist/*.whl # we don't want to upload these
 twine upload  dist/*
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 504c8f1..3d89bd4 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -28,6 +28,8 @@ dependencies = [
 [project.urls]
 Homepage = "https://github.com/Chrismarsh/mesher"
 
+[tool.scikit-build]
+sdist.exclude = ["examples", "docs", "_config.yml", "v2-testing"]
 
 [project.scripts]
 mesher = "mesher:main"