diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
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--- a/setup.py
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@@ -1,46 +0,0 @@
-import os
-from setuptools import setup, find_packages
-import caustics.__init__ as caustics
-
-
-def read(fname):
-    return open(os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), fname)).read()
-
-
-def read_lines(fname):
-    ret = list(open(os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), fname)).readlines())
-    print(ret)
-    return ret
-
-
-setup(
-    name = "caustics",
-    version=caustics.__version__,
-    description="A gravitational lensing simulator for the future",
-    long_description=read("README.md"),
-    long_description_content_type='text/markdown',
-    url="https://github.com/Ciela-Institute/caustics",
-    author=caustics.__author__,
-    license="MIT license",
-    packages=find_packages(),
-    install_requires=read_lines("requirements.txt"),
-    extras_require={
-        "dev": [
-            "lenstronomy==1.11.1",
-            "setuptools>=67.2.0",
-        ],
-    },
-    keywords=[
-        "gravitational lensing",
-        "astrophysics",
-        "differentiable programming",
-        "pytorch",
-    ],
-    classifiers=[
-        "Development Status :: 1 - Planning",
-        "Intended Audience :: Science/Research",
-        "License :: OSI Approved :: MIT License",
-        "Operating System :: OS Independent",
-        "Programming Language :: Python :: 3",
-    ],
-)