diff --git a/.github/workflows/pypi.yml b/.github/workflows/pypi.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 924ed1e..0000000
--- a/.github/workflows/pypi.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,25 +0,0 @@
-name: Publish on PyPI
-
-on:
-  push:
-    tags:
-      # After vMajor.Minor.Patch _anything_ is allowed (without "/") !
-      - v[0-9]+.[0-9]+.[0-9]+*
-
-jobs:
-  build-commit:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    timeout-minutes: 15
-
-    steps:
-      - name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@v2
-
-      - name: Setup python 3.8
-        uses: actions/setup-python@v2
-        with:
-          python-version: 3.8
-
-      - name: Install code
-        run: |
-          pip install .
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 2394b1b..6bb5b72 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
         packages=find_packages(include=['aiida_python', 'aiida_python.*']),
         # this doesn't work when placed in setup.json (something to do with str type)
         package_data={
-            '': ['*'],
+            '': ['*', 'setup.json'],
         },
         long_description=open('README.md').read(),
         long_description_content_type='text/markdown',