diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index 9d61b4623e659c..752ce052fbb16e 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -634,6 +634,8 @@ Library
 Windows
 -------
 
+- bpo-29579: Removes readme.txt from the installer.
+
 - Issue #25778: winreg does not truncate string correctly (Patch by Eryk Sun)
 
 - Issue #28896: Deprecate WindowsRegistryFinder and disable it by default
diff --git a/Tools/msi/exe/exe_files.wxs b/Tools/msi/exe/exe_files.wxs
index 01385874fa90b7..e675c21c8975ef 100644
--- a/Tools/msi/exe/exe_files.wxs
+++ b/Tools/msi/exe/exe_files.wxs
@@ -8,9 +8,6 @@
             <Component Id="NEWS.txt" Directory="InstallDirectory" Guid="*">
                 <File Name="NEWS.txt" Source="!(bindpath.src)Misc\NEWS" KeyPath="yes" />
             </Component>
-            <Component Id="README.txt" Directory="InstallDirectory" Guid="*">
-                <File Name="README.txt" Source="!(bindpath.src)README" KeyPath="yes" />
-            </Component>
         </ComponentGroup>
     </Fragment>