diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
index 20191438..7a3799fc 100644
--- a/Makefile.am
+++ b/Makefile.am
@@ -126,7 +126,6 @@ change-files:
 	$(call change-files,gui/core-gui)
 	$(call change-files,daemon/core/constants.py)
 	$(call change-files,netns/setup.py)
-	$(call change-files,daemon/setup.py)
 
 CORE_DOC_SRC = core-python-$(PACKAGE_VERSION)
 .PHONY: doc
diff --git a/daemon/Makefile.am b/daemon/Makefile.am
index 1cf4d233..04f48a92 100644
--- a/daemon/Makefile.am
+++ b/daemon/Makefile.am
@@ -24,8 +24,7 @@ distclean-local:
 DISTCLEANFILES = Makefile.in
 
 # files to include with distribution tarball
-EXTRA_DIST = setup.py \
-	     core \
+EXTRA_DIST = core \
 	     data \
 	     doc/conf.py.in \
 	     examples \
@@ -34,5 +33,4 @@ EXTRA_DIST = setup.py \
 	     setup.cfg \
 	     MANIFEST.in \
 	     poetry.lock \
-	     pyproject.toml \
-	     requirements.txt
+	     pyproject.toml
diff --git a/daemon/pyproject.toml b/daemon/pyproject.toml
index d36b341c..da22690b 100644
--- a/daemon/pyproject.toml
+++ b/daemon/pyproject.toml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 name = "core"
 version = "6.6.0"
 description = "CORE Common Open Research Emulator"
-authors = ["Boeing Research & Technology"]
+authors = ["Boeing Research and Technology"]
 license = "BSD-2-Clause"
 repository = "https://github.com/coreemu/core"
 documentation = "https://coreemu.github.io/core/"
diff --git a/daemon/requirements.txt b/daemon/requirements.txt
deleted file mode 100644
index 19d155e5..00000000
--- a/daemon/requirements.txt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,19 +0,0 @@
-bcrypt==3.1.7
-cffi==1.14.0
-cryptography==2.8
-dataclasses==0.7; python_version == "3.6"
-fabric==2.5.0
-grpcio==1.27.2
-invoke==1.4.1
-lxml==4.5.0
-Mako==1.1.1
-MarkupSafe==1.1.1
-netaddr==0.7.19
-paramiko==2.7.1
-Pillow==7.0.0
-protobuf==3.11.3
-pycparser==2.19
-PyNaCl==1.3.0
-pyproj==2.5.0
-PyYAML==5.3
-six==1.14.0
diff --git a/daemon/setup.py.in b/daemon/setup.py.in
deleted file mode 100644
index e8c99e67..00000000
--- a/daemon/setup.py.in
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,60 +0,0 @@
-"""
-Defines how CORE will be built for installation.
-"""
-
-import glob
-import os
-
-from setuptools import find_packages, setup
-
-_CORE_DIR = "/etc/core"
-_MAN_DIR = "share/man/man1"
-_EXAMPLES_DIR = "share/core"
-
-
-def recursive_files(data_path, files_path):
-    all_files = []
-    for path, _directories, filenames in os.walk(files_path):
-        directory = os.path.join(data_path, path)
-        files = []
-        for filename in filenames:
-            files.append(os.path.join(path, filename))
-        all_files.append((directory, files))
-    return all_files
-
-
-data_files = [
-    (_CORE_DIR, glob.glob("data/*")),
-    (_MAN_DIR, glob.glob("../man/**.1")),
-]
-data_files.extend(recursive_files(_EXAMPLES_DIR, "examples"))
-
-setup(
-    name="core",
-    version="@PACKAGE_VERSION@",
-    packages=find_packages(),
-    install_requires=[
-        'dataclasses;python_version=="3.6"',
-        "fabric",
-        "grpcio",
-        "invoke",
-        "lxml",
-        "mako",
-        "netaddr",
-        "pillow",
-        "protobuf",
-        "pyproj",
-        "pyyaml",
-    ],
-    tests_require=[
-        "pytest",
-    ],
-    data_files=data_files,
-    scripts=glob.glob("scripts/*"),
-    include_package_data=True,
-    description="Python components of CORE",
-    url="https://github.com/coreemu/core",
-    author="Boeing Research & Technology",
-    license="BSD",
-    long_description="Python scripts and modules for building virtual emulated networks.",
-)