diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
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--- a/setup.py
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@@ -1,44 +0,0 @@
-"""Python setup.py for 5pils package"""
-import io
-import os
-from setuptools import find_packages, setup
-
-
-def read(*paths, **kwargs):
-    """Read the contents of a text file safely.
-    >>> read("5pils", "VERSION")
-    '0.1.0'
-    >>> read("README.md")
-    ...
-    """
-
-    content = ""
-    with io.open(
-        os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), *paths),
-        encoding=kwargs.get("encoding", "utf8"),
-    ) as open_file:
-        content = open_file.read().strip()
-    return content
-
-
-def read_requirements(path):
-    return [
-        line.strip()
-        for line in read(path).split("\n")
-        if not line.startswith(('"', "#", "-", "git+"))
-    ]
-
-
-setup(
-    name="5pils",
-    url="https://github.com/UKPLab/5pils/",
-    long_description=read("README.md"),
-    long_description_content_type="text/markdown",
-    author="author_name",
-    packages=find_packages(exclude=["tests", ".github"]),
-    install_requires=read_requirements("requirements.txt"),
-    entry_points={
-        "console_scripts": ["5pils = 5pils.__main__:main"]
-    },
-    extras_require={"test": read_requirements("requirements-dev.txt")},
-)