diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index 764868c..470d25a 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -24,8 +24,6 @@ zip_safe = False
 [files]
 packages =
     virtualenvwrapper
-namespace_packages =
-    virtualenvwrapper
 scripts =
     virtualenvwrapper.sh
     virtualenvwrapper_lazy.sh
diff --git a/virtualenvwrapper/__init__.py b/virtualenvwrapper/__init__.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 59336ae..0000000
--- a/virtualenvwrapper/__init__.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-"""virtualenvwrapper module
-"""
-
-__import__('pkg_resources').declare_namespace(__name__)