diff --git a/nextstrain-pathogen.yaml b/nextstrain-pathogen.yaml
index b74c50d..e69de29 100644
--- a/nextstrain-pathogen.yaml
+++ b/nextstrain-pathogen.yaml
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-# This is currently an empty file to indicate the top level pathogen repo.
-# The inclusion of this file allows the Nextstrain CLI to run the
-# `nextstrain build` from any directory regardless of runtime.
-#
-# See https://github.com/nextstrain/cli/releases/tag/8.2.0 for more details.