diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index 1d3dc426..02ff72bb 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -92,9 +92,6 @@ ignore =
     # W503: line break before binary operator (not PEP8 compliant)
     W503
 
-[mypy]
-exclude = "^setup\.py$"
-
 [tox:tox]
 envlist =
     pytest