diff --git setup.py setup.py
index 5b20c24..d7a7658 100755
--- setup.py
+++ setup.py
@@ -62,7 +62,6 @@ setup(
     author_email=metadata['__email__'],
     url='https://github.com/lionheart/bottlenose',
     packages=["bottlenose"],
-    data_files=[("", ["LICENSE", "README.md"])],
     license=metadata['__license__'],
     install_requires=install_requires,
 )