diff --git a/MANIFEST.in b/MANIFEST.in
index 8751ccb..586e2f1 100644
--- a/MANIFEST.in
+++ b/MANIFEST.in
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ recursive-include PACKAGENAME *.py
 include *.md
 include *.txt
 include LICENSE
-include PACKAGENAME/version.txt
 prune PACKAGENAME/tests
 prune docs
 exclude *.pdf