diff --git a/MANIFEST b/MANIFEST
index 9f0af326fb..219f4a85a5 100644
--- a/MANIFEST
+++ b/MANIFEST
@@ -396,7 +396,6 @@
 
 ./testpar/Dependencies
 ./testpar/Makefile.in
-./testpar/README
 ./testpar/t_dset.c
 ./testpar/t_file.c
 ./testpar/t_mpi.c