diff --git a/__main__.py b/__main__.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 087b4080fc..0000000000
--- a/__main__.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,20 +0,0 @@
-# Copyright 2018 Microsoft Corporation
-#
-# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
-# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
-# You may obtain a copy of the License at
-#
-#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-#
-# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
-# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
-# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
-# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
-# limitations under the License.
-#
-# Requires Python 2.6+ and Openssl 1.0+
-#
-
-import azurelinuxagent.agent as agent
-
-agent.main()
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index e15a2d4600..67676366c1 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -232,7 +232,6 @@ def run(self):
     url='https://github.com/Azure/WALinuxAgent',
     license='Apache License Version 2.0',
     packages=find_packages(exclude=["tests*"]),
-    py_modules=["__main__"],
     install_requires=requires,
     cmdclass={
         'install': install