diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index 10233fa2f6..a1c85bd645 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -62,8 +62,6 @@ install_requires =
 include =
         spynnaker
         spynnaker.*
-        spynnaker8
-        spynnaker8.*
 
 [options.package_data]
 spynnaker.pyNN.model_binaries =