--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -15,15 +15,8 @@
 memail = 'stuart@stuartbishop.net'
 packages = ['pytz']
 resources = ['zone.tab', 'locales/pytz.pot']
-for dirpath, dirnames, filenames in os.walk(os.path.join('pytz', 'zoneinfo')):
-    # remove the 'pytz' part of the path
-    basepath = dirpath.split(os.path.sep, 1)[1]
-    resources.extend([os.path.join(basepath, filename)
-                     for filename in filenames])
 package_data = {'pytz': resources}
 
-assert len(resources) > 10, 'zoneinfo files not found!'
-
 setup(
     name='pytz',
     version=pytz.VERSION,