From 696537bf743c9578663d720e8d7353655f99d603 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "Patterson, Kevin R" <kevin.r.patterson@intel.com>
Date: Mon, 17 Jul 2023 10:15:28 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] remove __init__.py requirement

---
 src/project_layout.rs | 5 -----
 1 file changed, 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/project_layout.rs b/src/project_layout.rs
index 5bcd6312f..4fe574f88 100644
--- a/src/project_layout.rs
+++ b/src/project_layout.rs
@@ -387,11 +387,6 @@ impl ProjectLayout {
         };
 
         if python_module.is_dir() {
-            if !python_module.join("__init__.py").is_file()
-                && !python_module.join("__init__.pyi").is_file()
-            {
-                bail!("Found a directory with the module name ({}) next to Cargo.toml, which indicates a mixed python/rust project, but the directory didn't contain an __init__.py file.", module_name)
-            }
 
             eprintln!("🍹 Building a mixed python/rust project");