diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.rst b/CONTRIBUTING.rst
index a0bc61a4732248b754675c4ffa8c87a9ac6e15e9..8d794d5966887ed82cbf1398a3b8b48cb0615db3 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTING.rst
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.rst
@@ -124,11 +124,11 @@ Deploying
 ---------
 
 A reminder for the maintainers on how to deploy.
-Make sure all your changes are committed (including an entry in HISTORY.rst).
+Make sure all your changes are committed .
 Then run::
 
 $ bumpversion patch # possible: major / minor / patch
 $ git push
 $ git push --tags
 
-Travis will then deploy to PyPI if tests pass. (To be configured properly by Mohanty)
+TODO: Travis will then deploy to PyPI if tests pass. (To be configured properly by Mohanty)
diff --git a/HISTORY.rst b/HISTORY.rst
deleted file mode 100644
index 9ae17c8106d6622e78da777302bed3284de116ea..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/HISTORY.rst
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,8 +0,0 @@
-=======
-History
-=======
-
-0.1.0 (2019-04-03)
-------------------
-
-* First release on PyPI.
diff --git a/docs/history.rst b/docs/history.rst
deleted file mode 100644
index 250649964bbc36f4bec2942f69238aa6f7c02c1a..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/docs/history.rst
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-.. include:: ../HISTORY.rst
diff --git a/docs/index.rst b/docs/index.rst
index f440aad83aa459e8f03540c56beb1ab8eef4a7d3..791d40c047f74641d00802846736691557ff920d 100644
--- a/docs/index.rst
+++ b/docs/index.rst
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@ Welcome to flatland's documentation!
    FAQ
    contributing
    authors
-   history
 
 Indices and tables
 ==================
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 05648be8d63667e7220a0cf2f33603a8e899dd01..3cc28b34f7acf0d05958606c79beef439632035f 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -12,9 +12,6 @@ assert sys.version_info >= (3, 6)
 with open('README.rst') as readme_file:
     readme = readme_file.read()
 
-with open('HISTORY.rst') as history_file:
-    history = history_file.read()
-
 # install pycairo on Windows
 if os.name == 'nt':
     p = platform.architecture()
@@ -107,7 +104,7 @@ setup(
         ],
     },
     install_requires=requirements,
-    long_description=readme + '\n\n' + history,
+    long_description=readme,
     include_package_data=True,
     keywords='flatland',
     name='flatland-rl',