diff --git a/MANIFEST.in b/MANIFEST.in
index 84122dcc..f1968205 100644
--- a/MANIFEST.in
+++ b/MANIFEST.in
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ include *.rst
 include LICENSE
 include MANIFEST.in
 include data/mopidy.desktop
-include pylintrc
 
 recursive-include docs *
 prune docs/_build