diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index f188e72a..c791b295 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -30,7 +30,6 @@ classifiers =
 
 [options]
 zip_safe = False
-packages = find:
 include_package_data = True
 package_dir =
     =src
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index c1f28b0d..0ad7ea97 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 import sys
 
 from pkg_resources import VersionConflict, require
-from setuptools import setup
+from setuptools import setup, find_namespace_packages
 
 try:
     require('setuptools>=38.3')
@@ -19,4 +19,4 @@
     sys.exit(1)
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
-    setup(use_pyscaffold=True)
+    setup(use_pyscaffold=True, packages=find_namespace_packages(where='src'))
diff --git a/src/panoptes/__init__.py b/src/panoptes/__init__.py
deleted file mode 100644
index de40ea7c..00000000
--- a/src/panoptes/__init__.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-__import__('pkg_resources').declare_namespace(__name__)