diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 43d9acc..80eb9b9 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -3,4 +3,6 @@
 /dist
 *.pyc
 /.vscode
-venv
\ No newline at end of file
+venv
+*.egg-info
+comictaggerlib/ctversion.py
diff --git a/comictaggerlib/ctversion.py b/comictaggerlib/ctversion.py
deleted file mode 100644
index edfc1dc..0000000
--- a/comictaggerlib/ctversion.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-# This file should contain only these comments, and the line below.
-# Used by packaging makefiles and app
-version = "1.1.31-rc1"
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index ca3f125..127eb40 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -25,8 +25,6 @@ import setuptools.command.build_py
 import setuptools.command.install
 from setuptools import Command, dist, setup
 
-import comictaggerlib.ctversion
-
 python_requires = (">=3",)
 
 
@@ -36,116 +34,6 @@ with open("requirements.txt") as f:
 if platform.system() in ["Windows", "Darwin"]:
     required.append("PyQt5")
 
-platform_data_files = []
-
-"""
-if platform.system() in [ "Windows" ]:
-    required.append("winshell")
-
-# Some files to install on different platforms
-
-if platform.system() == "Linux":
-    linux_desktop_shortcut = "/usr/local/share/applications/ComicTagger.desktop"
-    platform_data_files = [("/usr/local/share/applications",
-                                ["desktop-integration/linux/ComicTagger.desktop"]),
-                           ("/usr/local/share/comictagger",
-                                ["comictaggerlib/graphics/app.png"]),
-                          ]
-
-if platform.system() == "Windows":
-    win_desktop_folder = os.path.join(os.environ["USERPROFILE"], "Desktop")
-    win_appdata_folder = os.path.join(os.environ["APPDATA"], "comictagger")
-    win_desktop_shortcut = os.path.join(win_desktop_folder, "ComicTagger-pip.lnk")
-    platform_data_files = [(win_desktop_folder,
-                                ["desktop-integration/windows/ComicTagger-pip.lnk"]),
-                           (win_appdata_folder,
-                                ["windows/app.ico"]),
-                          ]
-
-if platform.system() == "Darwin":
-    mac_app_folder = "/Applications"
-    ct_app_name = "ComicTagger-pip.app"
-    mac_app_infoplist = os.path.join(mac_app_folder, ct_app_name, "Contents", "Info.plist")
-    mac_app_main = os.path.join(mac_app_folder, ct_app_name, "MacOS", "main.sh")
-    mac_python_link = os.path.join(mac_app_folder, ct_app_name, "MacOS", "ComicTagger")
-    platform_data_files = [(os.path.join(mac_app_folder, ct_app_name, "Contents"),
-                                ["desktop-integration/mac/Info.plist"]),
-                           (os.path.join(mac_app_folder, ct_app_name, "Contents/Resources"),
-                                ["mac/app.icns"]),
-                           (os.path.join(mac_app_folder, ct_app_name, "Contents/MacOS"),
-                                ["desktop-integration/mac/main.sh",
-                                 "desktop-integration/mac/ComicTagger"]),
-                           ]
-
-def fileTokenReplace(filename, token, replacement):
-    with open(filename, "rt") as fin:
-        fd, tmpfile = tempfile.mkstemp()
-        with open(tmpfile, "wt") as fout:
-            for line in fin:
-                fout.write(line.replace('%%{}%%'.format(token), replacement))
-    os.close(fd)
-    # fix permissions of temp file
-    os.chmod(tmpfile, 420) #Octal 0o644
-    os.rename(tmpfile, filename)
-
-def postInstall(scripts_folder):
-    entry_point_script = os.path.join(scripts_folder, "comictagger")
-
-    if platform.system() == "Windows":
-        # doctor the shortcut for this windows system after deployment
-        import winshell
-        winshell.CreateShortcut(
-          Path=os.path.abspath(win_desktop_shortcut),
-          Target=entry_point_script + ".exe",
-          Icon=(os.path.join(win_appdata_folder, 'app.ico'), 0),
-          Description="Launch ComicTagger as installed by PIP"
-        )
-
-    if platform.system() == "Linux":
-        # doctor the script path in the desktop file
-        fileTokenReplace(linux_desktop_shortcut,
-                    "CTSCRIPT",
-                    entry_point_script)
-
-    if platform.system() == "Darwin":
-        # doctor the plist app version
-        fileTokenReplace(mac_app_infoplist,
-                    "CTVERSION",
-                    comictaggerlib.ctversion.version)
-        # doctor the script path in main.sh
-        fileTokenReplace(mac_app_main,
-                    "CTSCRIPT",
-                    entry_point_script)
-        # Make the launcher script executable
-        os.chmod(mac_app_main, 509) #Octal 0o775
-
-        # Final install step: create a symlink to Python OS X application
-        punt = False
-        pythonpath,top = os.path.split(os.path.realpath(sys.executable))
-        while top:
-            if 'Resources' in pythonpath:
-                pass
-            elif os.path.exists(os.path.join(pythonpath,'Resources')):
-                break
-            pythonpath,top = os.path.split(pythonpath)
-        else:
-            print("Failed to find a Resources directory associated with ", str(sys.executable))
-            punt = True
-
-        if not punt:
-            pythonapp = os.path.join(pythonpath, 'Resources','Python.app','Contents','MacOS','Python')
-            if not os.path.exists(pythonapp):
-                print("Failed to find a Python app in ", str(pythonapp))
-                punt = True
-
-        # remove the placeholder
-        os.remove(mac_python_link)
-        if not punt:
-            os.symlink(pythonapp, mac_python_link)
-        else:
-            # We failed, but we can still be functional
-            os.symlink(sys.executable, mac_python_link)
-"""
 
 setup(
     name="comictagger",
@@ -157,9 +45,7 @@ setup(
     packages=["comictaggerlib", "comicapi"],
     package_data={"comictaggerlib": ["ui/*", "graphics/*", "*.so"],},
     entry_points=dict(console_scripts=["comictagger=comictaggerlib.main:ctmain"]),
-    data_files=platform_data_files,
     use_scm_version={"write_to": "comictaggerlib/ctversion.py"},
-    version=pathlib.Path("./current_version.txt").read_text().strip(),
     classifiers=[
         "Development Status :: 4 - Beta",
         "Environment :: Console",