diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index bcfbadeb..2012df9d 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ coverage.xml
 
 # python files
 *.egg-info
+*.pyc
 
 # ignore package files
 *.rpm
@@ -55,8 +56,5 @@ coverage.xml
 netns/setup.py
 daemon/setup.py
 
-# ignore corefx build
-corefx/target
-
 # python
 __pycache__
diff --git a/daemon/.gitignore b/daemon/.gitignore
deleted file mode 100644
index 27ffc2f1..00000000
--- a/daemon/.gitignore
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-*.pyc
-build
diff --git a/daemon/Makefile.am b/daemon/Makefile.am
index a5663654..1cf4d233 100644
--- a/daemon/Makefile.am
+++ b/daemon/Makefile.am
@@ -7,43 +7,12 @@
 # Makefile for building netns components.
 #
 
-SETUPPY	= setup.py
-SETUPPYFLAGS = -v
-
 if WANT_DOCS
 DOCS = doc
 endif
 
 SUBDIRS = proto $(DOCS)
 
-SCRIPT_FILES := $(notdir $(wildcard scripts/*))
-MAN_FILES := $(notdir $(wildcard ../man/*.1))
-
-# Python package build
-noinst_SCRIPTS = build
-build:
-	$(PYTHON) $(SETUPPY) $(SETUPPYFLAGS) build
-
-# Python package install
-install-exec-hook:
-	$(PYTHON) $(SETUPPY) $(SETUPPYFLAGS) install \
-		--root=/$(DESTDIR) \
-		--prefix=$(prefix) \
-		--single-version-externally-managed
-
-# Python package uninstall
-uninstall-hook:
-	rm -rf $(DESTDIR)/etc/core
-	rm -rf $(DESTDIR)/$(datadir)/core
-	rm -f $(addprefix $(DESTDIR)/$(datarootdir)/man/man1/, $(MAN_FILES))
-	rm -f $(addprefix $(DESTDIR)/$(bindir)/,$(SCRIPT_FILES))
-	rm -rf $(DESTDIR)/$(pythondir)/core-$(PACKAGE_VERSION)-py$(PYTHON_VERSION).egg-info
-	rm -rf $(DESTDIR)/$(pythondir)/core
-
-# Python package cleanup
-clean-local:
-	-rm -rf build
-
 # because we include entire directories with EXTRA_DIST, we need to clean up
 # the source control files
 dist-hook:
@@ -52,17 +21,18 @@ dist-hook:
 distclean-local:
 	-rm -rf core.egg-info
 
-
 DISTCLEANFILES = Makefile.in
 
 # files to include with distribution tarball
-EXTRA_DIST = $(SETUPPY) \
+EXTRA_DIST = setup.py \
 	     core \
 	     data \
 	     doc/conf.py.in \
 	     examples \
 	     scripts \
 	     tests \
-	     test.py \
 	     setup.cfg \
+	     MANIFEST.in \
+	     poetry.lock \
+	     pyproject.toml \
 	     requirements.txt