diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 1c32b357..abc46d53 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -49,7 +49,6 @@ packages = ["api", "cli", "config", "core", "messaging", "providers"]
 
 [tool.hatch.build.targets.wheel.force-include]
 ".env.example" = "cli/env.example"
-"api/admin_static" = "api/admin_static"
 
 [tool.uv]
 required-version = ">=0.11.0"