diff --git a/src/csharp/Grpc.Core/Grpc.Core.nuspec b/src/csharp/Grpc.Core/Grpc.Core.nuspec
index 9a4c1a3c8587bcbc00826a4ed0cd97817bed52db..49bccb050ef1595a35a6c3d9dd585e4729752b7e 100644
--- a/src/csharp/Grpc.Core/Grpc.Core.nuspec
+++ b/src/csharp/Grpc.Core/Grpc.Core.nuspec
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@
     </dependencies>
   </metadata>
   <files>
-    <file src="..\..\..\etc\roots.pem" target="tools" />
     <file src="bin/ReleaseSigned/Grpc.Core.dll" target="lib/net45" />
     <file src="bin/ReleaseSigned/Grpc.Core.pdb" target="lib/net45" />
     <file src="bin/ReleaseSigned/Grpc.Core.xml" target="lib/net45" />