diff --git a/build_wheel.sh b/build_wheel.sh
index 935dd6e..6c06276 100755
--- a/build_wheel.sh
+++ b/build_wheel.sh
@@ -540,11 +540,6 @@ function adjust_numpy_requirements_based_on_link_info()
 				return
 			fi
 			echo "Found $num_links shared objects that mention a specific version of API of numpy. Pinning the minimum required version of numpy to $numpy_build_version"
-			if [[ $(grep -ic $PACKAGE $SCRIPT_DIR/packages_w_numpy_api.txt) -eq 0 ]]; then
-				echo "Recording '$PACKAGE' in 'packages_w_numpy_api.txt'."
-				echo "$PACKAGE" >> $SCRIPT_DIR/packages_w_numpy_api.txt
-				echo -e "${COL_YEL}Please commit the file 'packages_w_numpy_api.txt'.${COL_RST}"
-			fi
 			log_command $SCRIPT_DIR/manipulate_wheels.py --print_req --wheels $TMP_WHEELHOUSE/$WHEEL_NAME
 			if [[ $numpy_build_version =~ ^1.* ]]; then
 				echo "Built with numpy 1.x; pinning numpy lower than 2.0"
diff --git a/packages_w_numpy_api.txt b/packages_w_numpy_api.txt
deleted file mode 100644
index 1623ebc..0000000
--- a/packages_w_numpy_api.txt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,30 +0,0 @@
-h5py
-matplotlib
-MDAnalysis
-mdtraj
-numexpr
-pandas
-scipy
-tables
-tensorflow
-pymaster
-scikit_image
-PyWavelets
-netCDF4
-pygrib
-qutip
-fastcluster
-msmbuilder
-statsmodels
-pmesh
-pfft-python
-numba
-pyhdf
-pybullet-svl
-pybullet_svl
-vaex-core
-gpaw
-pytng
-fitsio
-sfepy
-pyqcm