diff --git a/MANIFEST.in b/MANIFEST.in
index c92ac5928..0191e0d0a 100644
--- a/MANIFEST.in
+++ b/MANIFEST.in
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@ recursive-exclude src/pip/_vendor *.pyi
 prune .github
 prune docs/build
 prune news
-prune contrib
 prune tasks
 prune tests
 prune tools
diff --git a/contrib/get-pip.py b/contrib/get-pip.py
deleted file mode 100755
index 9e48c87e8..000000000
--- a/contrib/get-pip.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,13 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env python
-import sys
-
-
-def main():
-    sys.exit(
-        "You're using an outdated location for the get-pip.py script, please "
-        "use the one available from https://bootstrap.pypa.io/get-pip.py"
-    )
-
-
-if __name__ == "__main__":
-    main()
diff --git a/news/5520.removal b/news/5520.removal
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..49fe4369f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/news/5520.removal
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+Remove the shim for the old get-pip.py location.
+
+For the past 2 years, it's only been redirecting users to use the newer
+https://bootstrap.pypa.io/get-pip.py location.