diff --git a/MANIFEST.in b/MANIFEST.in
index 26d2170cb6..9a0359458c 100644
--- a/MANIFEST.in
+++ b/MANIFEST.in
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ include LICENSE*
 
 # Development and testing
 include *.txt
-global-include pylintrc
 include tox.ini
 graft tests
 
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..607b26e4fb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+# This file exists to keep dependabot happy:
+# https://github.com/dependabot/dependabot-core/issues/4483
+from setuptools import setup
+setup()