diff --git a/.github/workflows/build_wheels.yml b/.github/workflows/build_wheels.yml
index d7f98764e..a3fd86a4e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build_wheels.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build_wheels.yml
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ on:
     branches:
       - master
       - loadgen-release
+      - dev
     paths:
       - loadgen/**
 
diff --git a/loadgen/setup.py b/loadgen/setup.py
index 1e8cb0a8d..fd76d9a60 100644
--- a/loadgen/setup.py
+++ b/loadgen/setup.py
@@ -110,8 +110,6 @@
       url="https://mlcommons.org/",
       cmdclass={"build_ext": build_ext},
       ext_modules=[mlperf_loadgen_module],
-      packages=[''],
-      package_data={'': ['mlperf.conf']},
       include_package_data=True,
       long_description=mlperf_long_description,
       long_description_content_type='text/markdown')