diff --git a/eggsetup.py b/eggsetup.py
index 6a349e3..4139b8d 100755
--- a/eggsetup.py
+++ b/eggsetup.py
@@ -16,115 +16,18 @@ requires utilities, which are not available under Windows."""
 import sys, os
 from glob import glob
 from setupext import install_data_ext
+
 isfile = os.path.isfile
 
-# BEFORE importing distutils, remove MANIFEST. distutils doesn't properly
-# update it when the contents of directories change.
 if os.path.exists('MANIFEST'): os.remove('MANIFEST')
 
-if os.name == 'posix':
-    os_name = 'posix'
-elif os.name in ['nt','dos']:
-    os_name = 'windows'
-else:
-    print 'Unsupported operating system:',os.name
-    sys.exit(1)
-
-# Under Windows, 'sdist' is not supported, since it requires lyxport (and
-# hence lyx,perl,latex,pdflatex,latex2html,sh,...)
-if os_name == 'windows' and sys.argv[1] == 'sdist':
-    print 'The sdist command is not available under Windows.  Exiting.'
-    sys.exit(1)
-
-#from distutils.core import setup
 from setuptools import setup
 
-# update the manuals when building a source dist
-if len(sys.argv) >= 2 and sys.argv[1] in ('sdist','bdist_rpm'):
-    from IPython.genutils import target_update
-    # list of things to be updated. Each entry is a triplet of args for
-    # target_update()
-    to_update = [('doc/magic.tex',
-                  ['IPython/Magic.py'],
-                  "cd doc && ./update_magic.sh" ),
-                 
-                 ('doc/manual.lyx',
-                  ['IPython/Release.py','doc/manual_base.lyx'],
-                  "cd doc && ./update_version.sh" ),
-                 
-                 ('doc/manual/manual.html',
-                  ['doc/manual.lyx',
-                   'doc/magic.tex',
-                   'doc/examples/example-gnuplot.py',
-                   'doc/examples/example-magic.py',
-                   'doc/examples/example-embed.py',
-                   'doc/examples/example-embed-short.py',
-                   'IPython/UserConfig/ipythonrc',
-                   ],
-                  "cd doc && "
-                  "lyxport -tt --leave --pdf "
-                  "--html -o '-noinfo -split +1 -local_icons' manual.lyx"),
-                 
-                 ('doc/new_design.pdf',
-                  ['doc/new_design.lyx'],
-                  "cd doc && lyxport -tt --pdf new_design.lyx"),
-
-                 ('doc/ipython.1.gz',
-                  ['doc/ipython.1'],
-                  "cd doc && gzip -9c ipython.1 > ipython.1.gz"),
 
-                 ('doc/pycolor.1.gz',
-                  ['doc/pycolor.1'],
-                  "cd doc && gzip -9c pycolor.1 > pycolor.1.gz"),
-                 ]
-    for target in to_update:
-        target_update(*target)
-
-# Release.py contains version, authors, license, url, keywords, etc.
 execfile(os.path.join('IPython','Release.py'))
 
-# A little utility we'll need below, since glob() does NOT allow you to do
-# exclusion on multiple endings!
-def file_doesnt_endwith(test,endings):
-    """Return true if test is a file and its name does NOT end with any
-    of the strings listed in endings."""
-    if not isfile(test):
-        return False
-    for e in endings:
-        if test.endswith(e):
-            return False
-    return True
-
-# I can't find how to make distutils create a nested dir. structure, so
-# in the meantime do it manually. Butt ugly.
-# Note that http://www.redbrick.dcu.ie/~noel/distutils.html, ex. 2/3, contain
-# information on how to do this more cleanly once python 2.4 can be assumed.
-# Thanks to Noel for the tip.
-docdirbase  = 'share/doc/ipython-%s' % version
-manpagebase = 'share/man/man1'
-
-# We only need to exclude from this things NOT already excluded in the
-# MANIFEST.in file.
-exclude     = ('.sh','.1.gz')
-docfiles    = filter(lambda f:file_doesnt_endwith(f,exclude),glob('doc/*'))
-
-examfiles   = filter(isfile, glob('doc/examples/*.py'))
-manfiles    = filter(isfile, glob('doc/manual/*.html')) + \
-              filter(isfile, glob('doc/manual/*.css')) + \
-              filter(isfile, glob('doc/manual/*.png'))
-manpages    = filter(isfile, glob('doc/*.1.gz'))
 cfgfiles    = filter(isfile, glob('IPython/UserConfig/*'))
-scriptfiles = filter(isfile, ['scripts/ipython','scripts/pycolor'])
 
-# Script to be run by the windows binary installer after the default setup
-# routine, to add shortcuts and similar windows-only things.  Windows
-# post-install scripts MUST reside in the scripts/ dir, otherwise distutils
-# doesn't find them.
-if 'bdist_wininst' in sys.argv:
-    if len(sys.argv) > 2 and ('sdist' in sys.argv or 'bdist_rpm' in sys.argv):
-        print >> sys.stderr,"ERROR: bdist_wininst must be run alone. Exiting."
-        sys.exit(1)
-    scriptfiles.append('scripts/ipython_win_post_install.py')
 
 # Call the setup() routine which does most of the work
 setup(name             = name,
@@ -139,14 +42,8 @@ setup(name             = name,
       platforms        = platforms,
       keywords         = keywords,
       packages         = ['IPython', 'IPython.Extensions'],
-      #scripts          = scriptfiles,
       cmdclass         = {'install_data': install_data_ext},
-      data_files       = [('data', docdirbase, docfiles),
-                          ('data', os.path.join(docdirbase, 'examples'),
-                           examfiles),
-                          ('data', os.path.join(docdirbase, 'manual'),
-                           manfiles),
-                          ('data', manpagebase, manpages),
+      data_files       = [
                           ('lib', 'IPython/UserConfig', cfgfiles)],
         # egg options
         entry_points = {