diff --git a/IPython/frontend/html/notebook/static/unminified/README b/IPython/external/js/README
similarity index 88%
rename from IPython/frontend/html/notebook/static/unminified/README
rename to IPython/external/js/README
index d037bef..fcdf549 100644
--- a/IPython/frontend/html/notebook/static/unminified/README
+++ b/IPython/external/js/README
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 We use minified versions of JQuery / jQueryUI and google-code-prettify in the Notebook.
 
-Some package managers require full versions alongside minified, and they can be
-dropped in here, if necessary.
+Some package managers require full versions alongside minified,
+and they can be dropped in here as necessary.
 
 origins of our minified js:
 prettify:  http://google-code-prettify.googlecode.com/files/prettify-small-1-Jun-2011.tar.bz2
diff --git a/IPython/frontend/html/notebook/static/unminified/jquery-1.7.1.js b/IPython/external/js/jquery-1.7.1.js
similarity index 100%
rename from IPython/frontend/html/notebook/static/unminified/jquery-1.7.1.js
rename to IPython/external/js/jquery-1.7.1.js
diff --git a/IPython/frontend/html/notebook/static/unminified/jquery-ui.css b/IPython/external/js/jquery-ui.css
similarity index 100%
rename from IPython/frontend/html/notebook/static/unminified/jquery-ui.css
rename to IPython/external/js/jquery-ui.css
diff --git a/IPython/frontend/html/notebook/static/unminified/jquery-ui.js b/IPython/external/js/jquery-ui.js
similarity index 100%
rename from IPython/frontend/html/notebook/static/unminified/jquery-ui.js
rename to IPython/external/js/jquery-ui.js
diff --git a/IPython/frontend/html/notebook/static/unminified/prettify.js b/IPython/external/js/prettify.js
similarity index 100%
rename from IPython/frontend/html/notebook/static/unminified/prettify.js
rename to IPython/external/js/prettify.js
diff --git a/MANIFEST.in b/MANIFEST.in
index 33ce435..048adf3 100644
--- a/MANIFEST.in
+++ b/MANIFEST.in
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ graft scripts
 # Load main dir but exclude things we don't want in the distro
 graft IPython
 prune IPython/deathrow
+prune IPython/external/js
 prune IPython/frontend/html/notebook/static/mathjax
 
 # Include some specific files and data resources we need