diff --git a/MANIFEST.in b/MANIFEST.in
index 00fe361f789..4b74f29c204 100644
--- a/MANIFEST.in
+++ b/MANIFEST.in
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ include tests/*.py
 recursive-include tests *.py
 include tests/integration/modules/files/*
 include tests/integration/files/*
-include tests/integration/tmp/_README
 include tests/unit/templates/files/*
 recursive-include doc *
 recursive-include scripts *