diff --git a/python/CMakeLists.txt b/python/CMakeLists.txt
index 33f6f3b1..62695593 100644
--- a/python/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/python/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@ set(NN_PLUGIN_HEADER_DIR "${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/openmmapi/include")
 set(NN_PLUGIN_LIBRARY_DIR "${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}")
 configure_file(${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/setup.py ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/setup.py)
 add_custom_command(TARGET PythonInstall
-    COMMAND "${CMAKE_COMMAND}" -E copy_if_different "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/nnpops.py" "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/nnpops.py"
     COMMAND "${PYTHON_EXECUTABLE}" setup.py build
     COMMAND "${PYTHON_EXECUTABLE}" setup.py install
     WORKING_DIRECTORY "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}"
diff --git a/python/setup.py b/python/setup.py
index 62dca8cf..443ba8fc 100644
--- a/python/setup.py
+++ b/python/setup.py
@@ -32,7 +32,3 @@
       ext_modules=[extension],
      )
 
-setup(name='nnpops',
-      version='1.0',
-      py_modules=['nnpops'],
-     )