diff --git a/news/remove-namespace.rst b/news/remove-namespace.rst
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3ba530e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/news/remove-namespace.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+**Added:**
+
+* <news item>
+
+**Changed:**
+
+* <news item>
+
+**Deprecated:**
+
+* <news item>
+
+**Removed:**
+
+* Remove the import of extend_path from pkgutil in diffpy/__init__.py since we are not strictly following the Python namespace package convention.
+
+**Fixed:**
+
+* <news item>
+
+**Security:**
+
+* <news item>
diff --git a/src/diffpy/__init__.py b/src/diffpy/__init__.py
index 751b01c..78ce07b 100644
--- a/src/diffpy/__init__.py
+++ b/src/diffpy/__init__.py
@@ -12,12 +12,3 @@
 # See LICENSE.rst for license information.
 #
 ##############################################################################
-
-"""Blank namespace package for module diffpy."""
-
-
-from pkgutil import extend_path
-
-__path__ = extend_path(__path__, __name__)
-
-# End of file