diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 297357b..12b861f 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -39,7 +42,6 @@
           'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.10',
           'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.11', 'Topic :: Text Processing'
       ],
-      data_files=[('', ['README.rst', 'CHANGES.rst'])],
       long_description='%s\n\n%s' %
       (open('README.rst', encoding='utf8').read(),
        open('CHANGES.rst', encoding='utf8').read()),