diff --git a/MANIFEST.in b/MANIFEST.in
index 0ef8f944..3b237b71 100644
--- a/MANIFEST.in
+++ b/MANIFEST.in
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 include README.rst
 
 include ez_setup.py
-include setuptools_bootstrap.py
 
 recursive-include docs *
 recursive-include licenses *