diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index aff51b1cd..47c0af0b0 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -48,7 +48,6 @@ setup(
     license="BSD",
     packages=find_packages(exclude=("tests", "tests.*")),
     include_package_data=True,
-    package_data={"scrapy": "py.typed"},
     zip_safe=False,
     entry_points={"console_scripts": ["scrapy = scrapy.cmdline:execute"]},
     classifiers=[