diff --git a/google/__init__.py b/google/__init__.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 690df33..0000000
--- a/google/__init__.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,22 +0,0 @@
-# Copyright 2017 Google Inc.
-#
-# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
-# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
-# You may obtain a copy of the License at
-#
-#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-#
-# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
-# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
-# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
-# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
-# limitations under the License.
-
-try:
-    import pkg_resources
-
-    pkg_resources.declare_namespace(__name__)
-except ImportError:
-    import pkgutil
-
-    __path__ = pkgutil.extend_path(__path__, __name__)  # type: ignore
diff --git a/noxfile.py b/noxfile.py
index ac6e9e7..23805d5 100644
--- a/noxfile.py
+++ b/noxfile.py
@@ -198,7 +198,7 @@ def mypy(session):
         "types-requests",
         "types-mock",
     )
-    session.run("mypy", "google/", "tests/", "tests_async/")
+    session.run("mypy", "-p", "google", "-p", "tests", "-p", "tests_async")
 
 
 @nox.session(python=SYSTEM_TEST_PYTHON_VERSIONS)
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 9ce75ee..338a6d9 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -40,10 +40,11 @@
     author='Google Cloud Platform',
     author_email='googleapis-publisher@google.com',
     long_description=README,
-    namespace_packages=['google'],
     scripts=[],
     url='https://github.com/googleapis/google-resumable-media-python',
-    packages=setuptools.find_packages(exclude=('tests*',)),
+    packages=setuptools.find_namespace_packages(
+        exclude=("tests*", "docs*")
+    ),
     license='Apache 2.0',
     platforms='Posix; MacOS X; Windows',
     include_package_data=True,