diff --git a/MANIFEST.in b/MANIFEST.in
index 44895f1..54b1fd5 100644
--- a/MANIFEST.in
+++ b/MANIFEST.in
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ include GPL-2.0
 include pymemcompat.h
 include metadata.cfg
 include site.cfg
-include distribute_setup.py
 include setup_common.py
 include setup_posix.py
 include setup_windows.py