diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index b4c0c232e..8b618d1e4 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -50,7 +50,6 @@ Source = "https://github.com/encode/django-rest-framework"
 Changelog = "https://www.django-rest-framework.org/community/release-notes/"
 
 [tool.setuptools]
-include-package-data = true
 license-files = ["LICENSE.md"]
 
 [tool.setuptools.packages.find]