diff --git a/src/nplinker/data/nplinker.toml b/config/nplinker.toml
similarity index 100%
rename from src/nplinker/data/nplinker.toml
rename to config/nplinker.toml
diff --git a/docs/concepts/config_file.md b/docs/concepts/config_file.md
index e2f74ffc..f922312b 100644
--- a/docs/concepts/config_file.md
+++ b/docs/concepts/config_file.md
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 ## Configuration Template
 
 ```toml
---8<-- "src/nplinker/data/nplinker.toml"
+--8<-- "config/nplinker.toml"
 ```
 
 ## Example Configuration
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index c51d5756..fa846543 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -84,9 +84,7 @@ where = ["src"]
 namespaces = true # enable data directory to be identified
 
 [tool.setuptools.package-data]
-"nplinker.data" = ["*"]
 "nplinker.schemas" = ["*"]
-"nplinker" = ["nplinker_default.toml"]
 
 [tool.pytest.ini_options]
 minversion = "6.0"