diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 797393bd6a70c212a5f86f6a637dc15dd037b45e..6821fbbc7e9c6052d687e16210ca8e249565b337 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@ setup(
     author_email="ajoubert+ska@ska.ac.za",
     url="https://gitlab.com/ska-telescope/ska-logging",
     packages=setuptools.find_namespace_packages(where="src", include=["ska.*"]),
-    namespace_packages=["ska"],
     package_dir={"": "src"},
     include_package_data=True,
     license="BSD license",