diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 9c37822ac98f..52b7837a8845 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -412,7 +412,6 @@ def run(self):
     url="https://github.com/huggingface/transformers",
     package_dir={"": "src"},
     packages=find_packages("src"),
-    package_data={"transformers": ["py.typed"]},
     zip_safe=False,
     extras_require=extras,
     entry_points={"console_scripts": ["transformers-cli=transformers.commands.transformers_cli:main"]},
diff --git a/src/transformers/py.typed b/src/transformers/py.typed
deleted file mode 100644
index 8b137891791f..000000000000
--- a/src/transformers/py.typed
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-