diff --git a/mypy.ini b/mypy.ini
deleted file mode 100644
index cba20d2775fbe..0000000000000
--- a/mypy.ini
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-[mypy]
-ignore_missing_imports=True
-no_implicit_optional=True
-
-[mypy-pandas.conftest,pandas.tests.*]
-ignore_errors=True
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diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index e559ece2a759a..7f0062428c442 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -166,3 +166,10 @@ skip=
     asv_bench/benchmarks/dtypes.py
     asv_bench/benchmarks/strings.py
     asv_bench/benchmarks/period.py
+
+[mypy]
+ignore_missing_imports=True
+no_implicit_optional=True
+
+[mypy-pandas.conftest,pandas.tests.*]
+ignore_errors=True
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