--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -104,18 +104,6 @@ def get_data_files():
 
     # static data files
     data_files = [
-        (
-            f"share/doc/duplicity-{Version}",
-            [
-                "CHANGELOG.md",
-                "AUTHORS.md",
-                "COPYING",
-                "README.md",
-                "README-LOG.md",
-                "README-REPO.md",
-                "README-TESTING.md",
-            ],
-        ),
     ]
 
     # generate versioned man page