diff --git a/aider/help.py b/aider/help.py
index f839ed5cc..5d9d6d5df 100755
--- a/aider/help.py
+++ b/aider/help.py
@@ -8,20 +8,10 @@ import importlib_resources
 
 from aider import __version__
 from aider.dump import dump  # noqa: F401
+from aider.help_pats import exclude_website_pats
 
 warnings.simplefilter("ignore", category=FutureWarning)
 
-exclude_website_pats = [
-    "examples/**",
-    "_posts/**",
-    "HISTORY.md",
-    "docs/benchmarks*md",
-    "docs/ctags.md",
-    "docs/unified-diffs.md",
-    "docs/leaderboards/index.md",
-    "assets/**",
-]
-
 
 def get_package_files():
     for path in importlib_resources.files("aider.website").iterdir():
diff --git a/aider/help_pats.py b/aider/help_pats.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6a2c20a0b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/aider/help_pats.py
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+exclude_website_pats = [
+    "examples/**",
+    "_posts/**",
+    "HISTORY.md",
+    "docs/benchmarks*md",
+    "docs/ctags.md",
+    "docs/unified-diffs.md",
+    "docs/leaderboards/index.md",
+    "assets/**",
+]
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 8fd34532b..60dfc95b4 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ with open("requirements.txt") as f:
     requirements = f.read().splitlines()
 
 from aider import __version__
-from aider.help import exclude_website_pats
+from aider.help_pats import exclude_website_pats
 
 with open("README.md", "r", encoding="utf-8") as f:
     long_description = f.read()