diff --git a/src/gam.spec b/src/gam.spec
index bde30bab..9af5a999 100644
--- a/src/gam.spec
+++ b/src/gam.spec
@@ -11,10 +11,6 @@ sys.modules['FixTk'] = None
 proot = os.path.dirname(importlib.import_module('httplib2').__file__)
 extra_files = [(os.path.join(proot, 'cacerts.txt'), 'httplib2')]
 
-# dynamically determine where ykman/VERSION lives
-yroot = os.path.dirname(importlib.import_module('ykman').__file__)
-extra_files += [(os.path.join(yroot, 'VERSION'), 'ykman')]
-
 extra_files += copy_metadata('google-api-python-client')
 extra_files += [('cbcm-v1.1beta1.json', '.')]
 extra_files += [('contactdelegation-v1.json', '.')]