diff --git a/CHANGELOG.rst b/CHANGELOG.rst
index 36dcce5699..3899fdf53c 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.rst
+++ b/CHANGELOG.rst
@@ -117,6 +117,8 @@ in development
   (``required: false``). (improvement)
 
   Reported by nmlaudy. #3468 #3469
+* Removing empty config.yaml for packs pack so warning isn't thrown by default now that deprecation
+  warning is in place. (improvement)
 
 2.2.1 - April 3, 2017
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diff --git a/contrib/packs/config.yaml b/contrib/packs/config.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index ed97d539c0..0000000000
--- a/contrib/packs/config.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
----