diff --git a/python/setup.py b/python/setup.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 2ee483b83e..0000000000
--- a/python/setup.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,74 +0,0 @@
-from __future__ import print_function
-
-import os
-import re
-import sys
-import shutil
-
-from distutils.core import setup
-from distutils.command.build_py import build_py
-
-# Get the Suricata version from configure.ac.
-version = None
-if os.path.exists("../configure.ac"):
-    with open("../configure.ac", "r") as conf:
-        for line in conf:
-            if line.find("AC_INIT") > 1:
-                m = re.search("AC_INIT\(\[suricata\],\[(\d.+)\]\)", line)
-                if m:
-                    version = m.group(1)
-                    break
-                else:
-                    print("error: failed to parse Suricata version from: %s" % (
-                        line.strip()), file=sys.stderr)
-                    sys.exit(1)
-if version is None:
-    print("error: failed to find Suricata version", file=sys.stderr)
-    sys.exit(1)
-
-class do_build(build_py):
-    def run(self):
-        build_py.run(self)
-        defaults_py_out = os.path.join(
-            self.build_lib, "suricata", "config", "defaults.py")
-        if not os.path.exists(defaults_py_out):
-            # Must be an out of tree build, find defaults.py.
-            defaults_py_in = os.path.join(
-                self.build_lib, "..", "suricata", "config", "defaults.py")
-            if os.path.exists(defaults_py_in):
-                shutil.copy(defaults_py_in, defaults_py_out)
-            else:
-                print("error: failed to find defaults.py")
-                sys.exit(1)
-
-setup(
-    name="suricata",
-    description="Suricata control tools",
-    version=version,
-    author='OISF Developers, Eric Leblond',
-    author_email='oisf-devel@lists.openinfosecfoundation.org, eric@regit.org',
-    url='https://www.suricata.io/',
-    packages=[
-        "suricata",
-        "suricata.config",
-        "suricata.ctl",
-        "suricata.sc",
-        "suricatasc",
-    ],
-    scripts=[
-        "bin/suricatactl",
-        "bin/suricatasc",
-    ],
-    provides=['suricatactl', 'suricatasc'],
-    requires=['argparse','simplejson'],
-    classifiers=[
-        'Development Status :: 5 - Production/Stable',
-        'Environment :: Console',
-        'Intended Audience :: System Administrators',
-        'License :: OSI Approved :: GNU General Public License (GPL)',
-        'Operating System :: POSIX',
-        'Programming Language :: Python',
-        'Topic :: System :: Systems Administration',
-    ],
-    cmdclass={'build_py': do_build},
-)