diff --git a/Lib/idlelib/setup.cfg b/Lib/idlelib/setup.cfg
deleted file mode 100644
index c4b57294f11..00000000000
--- a/Lib/idlelib/setup.cfg
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-[bdist_rpm]
-release = 1
-packager = Kurt B. Kaiser <kbk@shore.net>
-