diff --git a/make-distribution.sh b/make-distribution.sh
index 884659954a491..0bc839e1dbe4d 100755
--- a/make-distribution.sh
+++ b/make-distribution.sh
@@ -201,7 +201,6 @@ fi
 # Copy other things
 mkdir "$DISTDIR"/conf
 cp "$FWDIR"/conf/*.template "$DISTDIR"/conf
-cp "$FWDIR"/conf/slaves "$DISTDIR"/conf
 cp "$FWDIR/README.md" "$DISTDIR"
 cp -r "$FWDIR/bin" "$DISTDIR"
 cp -r "$FWDIR/python" "$DISTDIR"