diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index b09912e54..e931d7c7a 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -96,7 +96,6 @@ setup(
         'electrum.paymentrequest_pb2',
         'electrum.plugins',
         'electrum.simple_config',
-        'electrum.socks',
         'electrum.synchronizer',
         'electrum.transaction',
         'electrum.util',