diff --git a/confluent_client/MANIFEST.in b/confluent_client/MANIFEST.in
index 8b269f86..a0d34d55 100644
--- a/confluent_client/MANIFEST.in
+++ b/confluent_client/MANIFEST.in
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 include confluent_env.sh
 include confluent_env.csh
 include confluent.fish
-include build/fish_completions/*.fish
+include fish_completions/*.fish
diff --git a/confluent_client/setup.py.tmpl b/confluent_client/setup.py.tmpl
index 37b7f40a..57c9908d 100644
--- a/confluent_client/setup.py.tmpl
+++ b/confluent_client/setup.py.tmpl
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ completion_commands = []
 with open('confluent.fish') as completion_file:
     completion_commands = [line.split()[2] for line in completion_file
                            if line.startswith('complete -c ')]
-completion_dir = os.path.join('build', 'fish_completions')
+completion_dir = 'fish_completions'
 if not os.path.isdir(completion_dir):
     os.makedirs(completion_dir)
 for command in completion_commands: