diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
deleted file mode 100644
index be18a034c..000000000
--- a/Makefile
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,8 +0,0 @@
-all: deps
-gx:
-	go get github.com/whyrusleeping/gx
-	go get github.com/whyrusleeping/gx-go
-deps: gx
-	gx --verbose install --global
-	gx-go rewrite
-.PHONY: all gx deps
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
deleted file mode 100644
index f17b21ad2..000000000
--- a/package.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,66 +0,0 @@
-{
-  "author": "ipfs",
-  "bugs": {
-    "url": "https://github.com/ipfs/go-ipfs-api/issues"
-  },
-  "gx": {
-    "dvcsimport": "github.com/ipfs/go-ipfs-api"
-  },
-  "gxDependencies": [
-    {
-      "author": "whyrusleeping",
-      "hash": "QmYVXrKrKHDC9FobgmcmshCDyWwdrfwfanNQN4oxJ9Fk3h",
-      "name": "go-libp2p-peer",
-      "version": "3.1.2"
-    },
-    {
-      "author": "multiformats",
-      "hash": "QmTZBfrPJmjWsCvHEtX5FE6KimVJhsJg5sBbqEFYf4UZtL",
-      "name": "go-multiaddr",
-      "version": "1.4.1"
-    },
-    {
-      "author": "multiformats",
-      "hash": "Qmc85NSvmSG4Frn9Vb2cBc1rMyULH6D3TNVEfCzSKoUpip",
-      "name": "go-multiaddr-net",
-      "version": "1.7.2"
-    },
-    {
-      "author": "mitchellh",
-      "hash": "QmdcULN1WCzgoQmcCaUAmEhwcxHYsDrbZ2LvRJKCL8dMrK",
-      "name": "go-homedir",
-      "version": "1.0.0"
-    },
-    {
-      "author": "whyrusleeping",
-      "hash": "QmNohiVssaPw3KVLZik59DBVGTSm2dGvYT9eoXt5DQ36Yz",
-      "name": "go-ipfs-util",
-      "version": "1.2.9"
-    },
-    {
-      "author": "whyrusleeping",
-      "hash": "QmQine7gvHncNevKtG9QXxf3nXcwSj6aDDmMm52mHofEEp",
-      "name": "tar-utils",
-      "version": "0.0.3"
-    },
-    {
-      "author": "whyrusleeping",
-      "hash": "QmSwVwKUWzdf3ppM3FbBbpuqHUNtUFJPQQdfvKmgZoz2gR",
-      "name": "go-libp2p-metrics",
-      "version": "2.1.14"
-    },
-    {
-      "author": "magik6k",
-      "hash": "QmQmhotPUzVrMEWNK3x1R5jQ5ZHWyL7tVUrmRPjrBrvyCb",
-      "name": "go-ipfs-files",
-      "version": "2.0.6"
-    }
-  ],
-  "gxVersion": "0.7.0",
-  "language": "go",
-  "license": "MIT",
-  "name": "go-ipfs-api",
-  "releaseCmd": "git commit -a -m \"gx publish $VERSION\"",
-  "version": "1.4.8"
-}
-