diff --git a/zulip/MANIFEST.in b/zulip/MANIFEST.in
index 34d7b67d1..14399df5d 100644
--- a/zulip/MANIFEST.in
+++ b/zulip/MANIFEST.in
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 recursive-include integrations *
 include README.md
 include zulip/examples/*
+include zulip/py.typed
diff --git a/zulip/setup.py b/zulip/setup.py
index 5898e0de2..cd0806cc7 100755
--- a/zulip/setup.py
+++ b/zulip/setup.py
@@ -63,7 +63,6 @@ def recur_expand(target_root: Any, dir: Any) -> Generator[Tuple[str, List[str]],
             "zulip-api=zulip.cli:cli",
         ],
     },
-    package_data={"zulip": ["py.typed"]},
 )  # type: Dict[str, Any]
 
 setuptools_info = dict(