diff --git a/python/dask_cudf/setup.py b/python/dask_cudf/setup.py
index 13d60c27992..fab847fe0f4 100644
--- a/python/dask_cudf/setup.py
+++ b/python/dask_cudf/setup.py
@@ -91,5 +91,4 @@ def get_cuda_version_from_header(cuda_include_dir, delimeter=""):
     cmdclass=versioneer.get_cmdclass(),
     install_requires=install_requires,
     extras_require=extras_require,
-    zip_safe=False,
 )