diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 3371dae..a6edf0f 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -380,10 +380,6 @@ if (ENABLE_MONGOC)
 
 endif ()
 
-install (FILES COPYING NEWS README.rst THIRD_PARTY_NOTICES
-   DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_DATADIR}/mongo-c-driver
-)
-
 if (ENABLE_UNINSTALL)
    if (WIN32)
       if (ENABLE_MONGOC)
