diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
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-#!/usr/bin/env python
-
-from distutils.core import setup, Extension
-
-setup(name         = "Ledger",
-      version      = "2.0b",
-      description  = "Ledger Accounting Tool",
-      author       = "John Wiegley",
-      author_email = "johnw@newartisans.com",
-      url          = "http://www.newartisans.com/johnw/",
-      ext_modules  = [
-    Extension("ledger", ["python.cc"],
-	      define_macros = [('PYTHON_MODULE', None)],
-	      libraries     = ["ledger_bpy", "boost_python", "gmp", "pcre",
-			       "xmlparse", "xmltok"])])