diff --git a/docassemble/__init__.py b/docassemble/__init__.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 8d17c21..0000000
--- a/docassemble/__init__.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-__import__('pkg_resources').declare_namespace(__name__)
-
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index e749e1f..4eb2762 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import os
 import sys
-from setuptools import setup, find_packages
+from setuptools import setup, find_namespace_packages
 from fnmatch import fnmatchcase
 from distutils.util import convert_path
 
@@ -52,8 +52,7 @@ def find_package_data(where='.', package='', exclude=standard_exclude, exclude_d
       author_email='jdowd@su.suffolk.edu',
       license='The MIT License',
       url='https://courtformsonline.org',
-      packages=find_packages(),
-      namespace_packages=['docassemble'],
+      packages=find_namespace_packages(),
       install_requires=['docassemble.ALMassachusetts>=0.1.2', 'docassemble.AssemblyLine>=2.26.0'],
       zip_safe=False,
       package_data=find_package_data(where='docassemble/InformalAppellantBriefTemplate/', package='docassemble.InformalAppellantBriefTemplate'),