diff --git a/docassemble/__init__.py b/docassemble/__init__.py
deleted file mode 100644
index ce5ab0d..0000000
--- a/docassemble/__init__.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-try:
-    __import__('pkg_resources').declare_namespace(__name__)
-except ImportError:
-    __path__ = __import__('pkgutil').extend_path(__path__, __name__)
-
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index b88034e..08aedd7 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 [metadata]
-description-file = README.md
+description_file = README.md
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index a79b0a2..d419539 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
 
@@ -51,8 +51,7 @@ def find_package_data(where='.', package='', exclude=standard_exclude, exclude_d
       author_email='APFAIG@EMAIL.WM.EDU & derek@dinardo.email',
       license='The MIT License (MIT)',
       url='https://docassemble.org',
-      packages=find_packages(),
-      namespace_packages=['docassemble'],
+      packages=find_namespace_packages(),
       install_requires=[],
       zip_safe=False,
       package_data=find_package_data(where='docassemble/PetProtection/', package='docassemble.PetProtection'),