diff --git a/manifest.py b/manifest.py
index 16548daab9a60f4a5967ab4632e6c57146d8d683..c600768b7036c34ba664f2c0a1727682f21ecde6 100644
--- a/manifest.py
+++ b/manifest.py
@@ -1,2 +1 @@
 include("components/micropython/vendor/ports/esp32/boards")
-freeze("./python_modules")
diff --git a/python_modules/hello.py b/python_modules/hello.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 30c2e89ec002d8a8f0dfb9d7011e6f9fa92187a9..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/python_modules/hello.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-# remove me once we have something meaningful to put here
-print("hello world")