diff --git a/xdgurl.pro b/xdgurl.pro
index 096220bc3c93904c291df132aa0093bee7260030..8b77889e88bfd789df65c9323c48757c0dae0503 100644
--- a/xdgurl.pro
+++ b/xdgurl.pro
@@ -36,9 +36,6 @@ RESOURCES += \
     src/qml.qrc \
     src/desktop.qrc
 
-DISTFILES += \
-    README.md
-
 # Additional RPATH
 #include(rpath.pri)