diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
deleted file mode 100644
index d8ed940170488783738b2e6ff7a6d71b05ecda90..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/setup.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,39 +0,0 @@
-from setuptools import find_packages, setup
-
-print("find_packages outputs ", find_packages("aliby"))
-setup(
-    name="aliby",
-    version="0.1.2",
-    packages=find_packages(),
-    # package_dir={"": "aliby"},
-    # packages=['aliby', 'aliby.io'],
-    # include_package_data=True,
-    url="",
-    license="",
-    author="Diane Adjavon",
-    author_email="diane.adjavon@ed.ac.uk",
-    description="Core utilities for microscopy pipeline",
-    python_requires=">=3.7",
-    install_requires=[
-        "numpy",
-        "dask",
-        "pathos",
-        "tqdm",
-        "pandas",
-        "scikit-image",
-        "opencv-python",
-        "requests_toolbelt",
-        "h5py==2.10",
-        "tables",
-        "imageio==2.8.0",
-        "omero-py>=5.6.2",
-        "pathos",
-        "zeroc-ice==3.6.5",
-        "tensorflow>=1.15,<=2.3",
-        "aliby-agora",
-        "aliby-argo",
-        "aliby-baby",
-        "aliby-extraction",
-        "aliby-post",
-    ],
-)