diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 624e1aa815..4fc109c3c9 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -174,7 +174,6 @@ setup(
                     "tools/scripts/automation-controller-service",
                     "tools/scripts/failure-event-handler",
                     "tools/scripts/awx-python",
-                    "tools/scripts/ansible-tower-setup",
                 ],
             ),
             ("%s" % sosconfig, ["tools/sosreport/controller.py"]),
diff --git a/tools/scripts/ansible-tower-setup b/tools/scripts/ansible-tower-setup
deleted file mode 100755
index 074a91f6f7..0000000000
--- a/tools/scripts/ansible-tower-setup
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash
-
-exec /var/lib/awx/setup/setup.sh "$@"