diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 9e551b2..0b00cc1 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ probert (0.0.21) UNRELEASED; urgency=medium
 
   * Add probert-firmware to probe information about the firmware.
   * Stop leaning on modules implemented in C, use pyroute2 instead.
+  * Drop tests and tests data from .deb packages
 
  -- Olivier Gayot <olivier.gayot@canonical.com>  Tue, 02 Jul 2024 15:55:59 +0200
 
diff --git a/debian/probert-common.install b/debian/probert-common.install
index 29ad1ac..1edd98f 100644
--- a/debian/probert-common.install
+++ b/debian/probert-common.install
@@ -6,7 +6,4 @@ usr/lib/python3.*/dist-packages/probert-*.egg-info/top_level.txt
 usr/lib/python3.*/dist-packages/probert/__init__.py
 usr/lib/python3.*/dist-packages/probert/log.py
 usr/lib/python3.*/dist-packages/probert/prober.py
-usr/lib/python3.*/dist-packages/probert/tests/__init__.py
-usr/lib/python3.*/dist-packages/probert/tests/data/*
-usr/lib/python3.*/dist-packages/probert/tests/*.py
 usr/lib/python3.*/dist-packages/probert/utils.py
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index ae31648..bade39d 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@
       url='https://github.com/canonical/probert',
       license="GPLv3",
       scripts=['bin/probert'],
-      packages=find_packages(),
+      packages=find_packages(exclude=["probert.tests*"]),
       install_requires=['jsonschema', 'pyudev'],
-      include_package_data=True,
+      include_package_data=False,
 )