diff --git a/bob/devtools/scripts/new.py b/bob/devtools/scripts/new.py
index 98c282518316e7a2e2181fa4685c25bdb019cce7..3dbd909ddb5bc9495c5caa76829f8c8cf5331068 100644
--- a/bob/devtools/scripts/new.py
+++ b/bob/devtools/scripts/new.py
@@ -161,7 +161,6 @@ def new(package, author, email, title, license, output_dir):
         ".gitignore",
         ".gitlab-ci.yml",
         ".pre-commit-config.yaml",
-        "buildout.cfg",
         "doc/conf.py",
         "doc/index.rst",
         "doc/links.rst",
diff --git a/bob/devtools/templates/MANIFEST.in b/bob/devtools/templates/MANIFEST.in
index fac97cf2439f857fee27bffc837152366d61c2e1..705f37ad8160f48cb775a984631233b313aa5bf3 100644
--- a/bob/devtools/templates/MANIFEST.in
+++ b/bob/devtools/templates/MANIFEST.in
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-include README.rst buildout.cfg {% if license.startswith('gpl') %}COPYING {% endif %}version.txt requirements.txt
+include README.rst {% if license.startswith('gpl') %}COPYING {% endif %}version.txt requirements.txt
 recursive-include doc *.rst *.png *.ico *.txt
diff --git a/bob/devtools/templates/buildout.cfg b/bob/devtools/templates/buildout.cfg
deleted file mode 100644
index de25db7db4159bcb20b316ba90975eb9ad606eaf..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/bob/devtools/templates/buildout.cfg
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,14 +0,0 @@
-; -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
-; {{ date }}
-
-[buildout]
-parts = scripts
-develop = .
-eggs = {{ name }}
-extensions = bob.buildout
-newest = false
-verbose = true
-
-[scripts]
-recipe = bob.buildout:scripts
-dependent-scripts = true