diff --git a/acme/MANIFEST.in b/acme/MANIFEST.in
index 601007bfe..baa6b1f02 100644
--- a/acme/MANIFEST.in
+++ b/acme/MANIFEST.in
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 include LICENSE.txt
 include README.rst
-include pytest.ini
 recursive-include docs *
 recursive-include examples *
 recursive-include src/acme/_internal/tests/testdata *
diff --git a/acme/pytest.ini b/acme/pytest.ini
deleted file mode 100644
index 0c07ceac7..000000000
--- a/acme/pytest.ini
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-[pytest]
-norecursedirs = .* build dist CVS _darcs {arch} *.egg