diff --git a/MANIFEST.in b/MANIFEST.in
index 9434bd000526c48395849d6e3c8f92dd46245b41..c68f21a3fd823c7dc15f9ca623403c961b4831e4 100644
--- a/MANIFEST.in
+++ b/MANIFEST.in
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-include README.rst bootstrap-buildout.py buildout.cfg COPYING version.txt requirements.txt
+include README.rst bootstrap-buildout.py COPYING
 recursive-include doc *.py *.rst
 recursive-include bob/fusion/base/test/data scores-*
diff --git a/buildout.cfg b/buildout.cfg
deleted file mode 100644
index 44d8d9994710473b419b074376ca3930d8de50d9..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/buildout.cfg
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,14 +0,0 @@
-; vim: set fileencoding=utf-8 :
-; Tue Jan 31 17:22:48 CET 2017
-
-[buildout]
-parts = scripts
-develop = .
-eggs = bob.fusion.base
-extensions = bob.buildout
-newest = false
-verbose = true
-
-[scripts]
-recipe = bob.buildout:scripts
-dependent-scripts = true