diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 20c7d3c..b0d0f8e 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -110,28 +110,5 @@ setup(
     license="GPL-3.0",
     packages=get_packages(),
     include_package_data=True,
-    data_files=[
-        # see development.md#files
-        *lang_data,
-        ("/usr/share/input-remapper/", glob.glob("data/*")),
-        ("/usr/share/applications/", ["data/input-remapper-gtk.desktop"]),
-        (
-            "/usr/share/metainfo/",
-            ["data/io.github.sezanzeb.input_remapper.metainfo.xml"],
-        ),
-        ("/usr/share/icons/hicolor/scalable/apps/", ["data/input-remapper.svg"]),
-        ("/usr/share/polkit-1/actions/", ["data/input-remapper.policy"]),
-        ("/usr/lib/systemd/system", ["data/input-remapper.service"]),
-        ("/usr/share/dbus-1/system.d/", ["data/inputremapper.Control.conf"]),
-        ("/etc/xdg/autostart/", ["data/input-remapper-autoload.desktop"]),
-        ("/usr/lib/udev/rules.d", ["data/99-input-remapper.rules"]),
-        ("/usr/bin/", ["bin/input-remapper-gtk"]),
-        ("/usr/bin/", ["bin/input-remapper-service"]),
-        ("/usr/bin/", ["bin/input-remapper-control"]),
-        ("/usr/bin/", ["bin/input-remapper-reader-service"]),
-    ],
     install_requires=["setuptools", "evdev", "pydbus", "pygobject", "pydantic"],
-    cmdclass={
-        "install": Install,
-    },
 )