diff --git a/MANIFEST.in b/MANIFEST.in
index 26d2170cb6..9a0359458c 100644
--- a/MANIFEST.in
+++ b/MANIFEST.in
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ include LICENSE*
 
 # Development and testing
 include *.txt
-global-include pylintrc
 include tox.ini
 graft tests