diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 05d6cf9..e339820 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 **Dev**
 
+- Fix setup.cfg to include json files in python package archive
+
 **1.3.0**
 
 - Complete documentation
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index 9eb6bd8..2dd4eef 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -31,7 +31,6 @@ install_requires =
     pandas
     MDAnalysis
     numba
-include_package_data = True
 
 [options.package_data]
 * = LICENSE.txt, CHANGELOG.md