diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 47d9567..ce4262e 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 *~
 build
-_build
 dist
 *.pyc
 *.vscode
diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index b7c056b..58656fa 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@ set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS} -Wno-deprecated-register")
 # Set up gtest. This must be set up before any subdirectories are
 # added which will use gtest.
 # TODO: clean this up a bit, maybe make this optional?
-add_subdirectory(src/ext/googletest)
 include_directories(${GTEST_INCLUDE_DIRS})
 link_directories(${GTEST_LIBS_DIR})
 add_definitions("-fPIC")
@@ -36,19 +35,24 @@ include_directories("${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}")
 set(CMAKE_RUNTIME_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/bin)
 set(CMAKE_ARCHIVE_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/lib)
 
-# This controls whether or not to build the python bridge
-if(BUILD_PYTHON)
-    add_subdirectory(src/lib/python)
-endif()
 
 # add the actual code
 include_directories(src/lib)
 add_subdirectory(src/lib)
-add_subdirectory(src/programs)
-
-# Add make install functionality
-#install(TARGETS peval)
-#install(TARGETS penum)
-#install(TARGETS ps-colex)
-#install(TARGETS ps-eval)
-#install(TARGETS ps-lut)
+
+# This controls whether or not we are building the python
+# binaries, and possibly the wheel file.
+# TODO: add a separate option for building the wheel vs. python
+if(BUILD_PYTHON)
+    add_subdirectory(src/lib/python)
+else()
+    # none of these are needed in the wheel file
+    add_subdirectory(src/programs)
+    add_subdirectory(src/ext/googletest)
+    # Add make install functionality
+    install(TARGETS peval)
+    install(TARGETS penum)
+    install(TARGETS ps-colex)
+    install(TARGETS ps-eval)
+    install(TARGETS ps-lut)
+endif()
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 9d94f5d..480de28 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -171,6 +171,9 @@ shell:
 
 ## Python wheel package
 
+You will need to install pipx to build with scikit-build-core, using
+apt on Ubuntu and brew on MacOS.
+
 There is also a `pyproject.toml` file which can be used to create an
 installable wheel for the pythong package. The commands below can be
 used to build/install/verify the package.
@@ -178,7 +181,7 @@ used to build/install/verify the package.
     pipx run build
     python3 -m venv venv
     . venv/bin/activate
-    pip install dist/pokerstove-1.2-cp310-cp310-linux_x86_64.whl
+    pip install dist/pokerstove-*.whl
     python src/lib/python/test-python
     deactivate
 
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 5d87beb..a7c63bb 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ cmake.version = ">=3.5"
 cmake.build-type = "Release"
 build.targets = ["pokerstove"]
 install.components = ["pokerstove"]
+sdist.exclude = ["src/programs", "android", "win32", "src/ext", "doc", ".*"]
 # build.verbose = true
 # logging.level = "DEBUG"