diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
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--- a/setup.py
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@@ -1,78 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env python
-# -*- coding:utf-8 -*-
-
-from setuptools import setup, find_packages
-
-import quokka
-
-kwargs = {}
-try:
-    from babel.messages import frontend as babel
-    kwargs['cmdclass'] = {
-        'extract_messages': babel.extract_messages,
-        'update_catalog': babel.update_catalog,
-        'compile_catalog': babel.compile_catalog,
-        'init_catalog': babel.init_catalog,
-    }
-    kwargs['message_extractors'] = {
-        'quokka': [
-            ('**.py', 'python', None),
-            ('**/templates/**.html', 'jinja2', {
-                'extensions': (
-                    'jinja2.ext.autoescape,'
-                    'jinja2.ext.with_,'
-                    'jinja2.ext.do,'
-                )
-            })
-        ]
-    }
-except ImportError:
-    pass
-
-
-REQUIREMENTS = [i.strip() for i in open("requirements.txt").readlines()
-                if not i.startswith("http")]
-
-dependency_links = [i.strip() for i in open("requirements.txt").readlines()
-                    if i.startswith("http")]
-
-classifiers = [
-    "Development Status :: 3 - Alpha",
-    "Environment :: Web Environment",
-    "Framework :: Flask",
-    "Intended Audience :: Developers",
-    "License :: OSI Approved :: MIT License",
-    "Natural Language :: English",
-    "Operating System :: MacOS :: MacOS X",
-    "Operating System :: POSIX :: Linux",
-    "Programming Language :: JavaScript",
-    "Programming Language :: Python :: 2.7",
-    'Programming Language :: Python',
-    "Topic :: Internet :: WWW/HTTP :: Dynamic Content",
-    'Topic :: Software Development :: Libraries :: Python Modules'
-]
-
-try:
-    long_description = open('README.md').read()
-except:
-    long_description = quokka.__description__
-
-setup(name='quokka',
-      version=quokka.__version__,
-      description=quokka.__description__,
-      long_description=long_description,
-      classifiers=classifiers,
-      keywords='quokka cms flask publishing mongodb',
-      author=quokka.__author__,
-      author_email=quokka.__email__,
-      url='http://quokkaproject.org',
-      download_url="https://github.com/pythonhub/quokka/tarball/master",
-      license=quokka.__license__,
-      packages=find_packages(exclude=('doc', 'docs',)),
-      package_dir={'quokka': 'quokka'},
-      install_requires=REQUIREMENTS,
-      dependency_links=dependency_links,
-      # scripts=['quokka/bin/quokka-admin.py'],
-      include_package_data=True,
-      test_suite='nose.collector',
-      **kwargs)