diff --git a/spacy/cli/package.py b/spacy/cli/package.py
index 203163be9..4046c35d4 100644
--- a/spacy/cli/package.py
+++ b/spacy/cli/package.py
@@ -241,7 +241,6 @@ if __name__ == '__main__':
 
 TEMPLATE_MANIFEST = """
 include meta.json
-include config.cfg
 include LICENSE
 """.strip()