diff --git a/src/opt/python/COMMENT b/src/opt/python/COMMENT
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@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-coming soon: python wrappers
diff --git a/src/opt/python/setup.py.in b/src/opt/python/setup.py.in
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-#!/usr/bin/env python
-
-import Cython.Build
-import setuptools
-
-libname = "@CMAKE_PROJECT_NAME@"
-version = "@GIT_TAG_VERSION@"
-author = "Christian Zimmermann"
-author_email = "chizeta@f3l.de"
-
-inc_dirs = list()
-inc_dirs.append( "@INSTALL_PATH@/include" )
-
-lib_dirs = list()
-lib_dirs.append( "/usr/lib" )
-lib_dirs.append( "/usr/local/lib" )
-lib_dirs.append( "@INSTALL_PATH@/lib" )
-
-default_extension_args = dict(
-    language = "c++",
-    include_dirs = inc_dirs,
-    libraries = [libname],
-    library_dirs = lib_dirs,
-    extra_compile_args = "@CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS@".split(),
-)
-
-if __name__ == "__main__":
-    print("Version:")
-    print("\t",version)
-    print("Include directories:")
-    for d in inc_dirs:
-        print("\t",d)
-    print("Library directories:")
-    for d in lib_dirs:
-        print("\t",d)
-
-    extensions = list()
-    extensions.append(
-        setuptools.Extension(
-            name = libname + ".base",
-            sources = [
-                "base/ranges.pys",
-                "base/array.pys",
-            ],
-            **default_extension_args
-        )
-    )
-    # append further extensions (cereal, hdf5, mpi ...) here
-    
-    setuptools.setup(
-        name = libname,
-        packages = setuptools.find_packages(),
-        version = version,
-        include_dirs = inc_dirs,
-        ext_modules = Cython.Build.cythonize(extensions),
-        author = author,
-        author_email = author_email,
-    )