diff --git a/scripts/rpm-install.sh b/scripts/rpm-install.sh
deleted file mode 100644
index 89cf4dd049..0000000000
--- a/scripts/rpm-install.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,28 +0,0 @@
-#! /bin/sh
-#
-# This file becomes the install section of the generated spec file.
-#
-
-# This is what dist.py normally does.
-%{__python} setup.py install --root=${RPM_BUILD_ROOT} --record="INSTALLED_FILES"
-
-# Sort the filelist so that directories appear before files. This avoids
-# duplicate filename problems on some systems.
-touch DIRS
-for i in `cat INSTALLED_FILES`; do
-  if [ -f ${RPM_BUILD_ROOT}/$i ]; then
-    echo $i >>FILES
-  fi
-  if [ -d ${RPM_BUILD_ROOT}/$i ]; then
-    echo %dir $i >>DIRS
-  fi
-done
-
-# Make sure we match foo.pyo and foo.pyc along with foo.py (but only once each)
-sed -e "/\.py[co]$/d" -e "s/\.py$/.py*/" DIRS FILES >INSTALLED_FILES
-
-mkdir -p ${RPM_BUILD_ROOT}/%{_mandir}/man1/
-cp docs/man/* ${RPM_BUILD_ROOT}/%{_mandir}/man1/
-cat << EOF >> INSTALLED_FILES
-%doc %{_mandir}/man1/*"
-EOF
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index c6f48bab13..2f92092aa9 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -50,10 +50,6 @@ console_scripts =
 argon2 = argon2-cffi >= 19.1.0
 bcrypt = bcrypt
 
-[bdist_rpm]
-doc_files = docs extras AUTHORS INSTALL LICENSE README.rst
-install_script = scripts/rpm-install.sh
-
 [flake8]
 exclude = build,.git,.tox,./tests/.env
 extend-ignore = E203