diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index e9a194f0f4..4f59750faa 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -108,6 +108,14 @@ jobs:
         python -m doctest README.md
         python setup.py build_sphinx
         touch docs/_build/html/.nojekyll
+    - name: Check schemas are copied over
+      run: |
+        # is a directory
+        [ -d "docs/_build/html/schemas" ]
+        # is not a symlink
+        [ ! -L "docs/_build/html/schemas" ]
+        # is not empty
+        [ "$(ls -A docs/_build/html/schemas)" ]
     - name: Deploy docs to GitHub Pages
       if: success() && github.event_name == 'push' && github.ref == 'refs/heads/master'
       uses: crazy-max/ghaction-github-pages@v1.0.1
diff --git a/MANIFEST.in b/MANIFEST.in
index ae07ad170a..5e06d8332c 100644
--- a/MANIFEST.in
+++ b/MANIFEST.in
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
+prune *
 graft src
-
 include LICENSE
 
-global-exclude __pycache__ *.py[cod]
+global-exclude __pycache__ *.py[cod] .*
diff --git a/docs/_extras/schemas b/docs/_extras/schemas
new file mode 120000
index 0000000000..00420d7cfc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/_extras/schemas
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+../../src/pyhf/schemas
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/docs/conf.py b/docs/conf.py
index 59d3bb9369..25f6f868f2 100644
--- a/docs/conf.py
+++ b/docs/conf.py
@@ -213,7 +213,7 @@ def setup(app):
 # .htaccess) here, relative to this directory. These files are copied
 # directly to the root of the documentation.
 #
-html_extra_path = []
+html_extra_path = ['_extras']
 
 # If not None, a 'Last updated on:' timestamp is inserted at every page
 # bottom, using the given strftime format.
diff --git a/docs/schemas b/docs/schemas
deleted file mode 120000
index fcf62c8355..0000000000
--- a/docs/schemas
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-../src/pyhf/schemas
\ No newline at end of file