diff --git a/MANIFEST.in b/MANIFEST.in
index 91e4adb60c..9b92cba26b 100644
--- a/MANIFEST.in
+++ b/MANIFEST.in
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ recursive-include plugins *
 
 # include specific files
 include README.md
-include flytekit/py.typed  # marker file for PEP 561
 include flytekit/deck/html/template.html
 
 include CHANGELOG.md
diff --git a/flytekit/py.typed b/flytekit/py.typed
deleted file mode 100644
index e69de29bb2..0000000000