diff --git a/packages/aws-cdk/lib/init-templates/app/python/README.md b/packages/aws-cdk/lib/init-templates/app/python/README.md
index 462a108c4e1d9..f033c0c7602ff 100644
--- a/packages/aws-cdk/lib/init-templates/app/python/README.md
+++ b/packages/aws-cdk/lib/init-templates/app/python/README.md
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@ After the init process completes, you can use the following steps to get your pr
 ```
 $ source .env/bin/activate
 $ pip install -r requirements.txt
-$ python setup.py develop
 ```
 
 At this point you can now synthesize the CloudFormation template for this code.