diff --git a/lib/py/COPYING b/lib/py/COPYING
deleted file mode 100644
index 039f21e..0000000
--- a/lib/py/COPYING
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,24 +0,0 @@
-Thrift Software License
-Copyright (c) 2006- Facebook, Inc. 
-
-Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person or organization
-obtaining a copy of the software and accompanying documentation covered by
-this license (the "Software") to use, reproduce, display, distribute,
-execute, and transmit the Software, and to prepare derivative works of the
-Software, and to permit third-parties to whom the Software is furnished to
-do so, all subject to the following:
-
-The copyright notices in the Software and this entire statement, including
-the above license grant, this restriction and the following disclaimer,
-must be included in all copies of the Software, in whole or in part, and
-all derivative works of the Software, unless such copies or derivative
-works are solely in the form of machine-executable object code generated by
-a source language processor.
-
-THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
-IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
-FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, TITLE AND NON-INFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT
-SHALL THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS OR ANYONE DISTRIBUTING THE SOFTWARE BE LIABLE
-FOR ANY DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE,
-ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER
-DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
diff --git a/lib/py/LICENSE b/lib/py/LICENSE
deleted file mode 100644
index 039f21e..0000000
--- a/lib/py/LICENSE
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,24 +0,0 @@
-Thrift Software License
-Copyright (c) 2006- Facebook, Inc. 
-
-Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person or organization
-obtaining a copy of the software and accompanying documentation covered by
-this license (the "Software") to use, reproduce, display, distribute,
-execute, and transmit the Software, and to prepare derivative works of the
-Software, and to permit third-parties to whom the Software is furnished to
-do so, all subject to the following:
-
-The copyright notices in the Software and this entire statement, including
-the above license grant, this restriction and the following disclaimer,
-must be included in all copies of the Software, in whole or in part, and
-all derivative works of the Software, unless such copies or derivative
-works are solely in the form of machine-executable object code generated by
-a source language processor.
-
-THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
-IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
-FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, TITLE AND NON-INFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT
-SHALL THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS OR ANYONE DISTRIBUTING THE SOFTWARE BE LIABLE
-FOR ANY DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE,
-ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER
-DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
diff --git a/lib/py/Makefile.am b/lib/py/Makefile.am
index 796f99e..257e9ab 100644
--- a/lib/py/Makefile.am
+++ b/lib/py/Makefile.am
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 DESTDIR ?= /
-EXTRA_DIST = bootstrap.sh cleanup.sh setup.py LICENSE src
+EXTRA_DIST = setup.py src
 
 all:
 	$(PYTHON) setup.py build
diff --git a/lib/py/bootstrap.sh b/lib/py/bootstrap.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index b79e431..0000000
--- a/lib/py/bootstrap.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/sh
-
-./cleanup.sh
-aclocal
-touch NEWS README AUTHORS ChangeLog
-autoconf
-automake -ac
diff --git a/lib/py/cleanup.sh b/lib/py/cleanup.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index fd52c28..0000000
--- a/lib/py/cleanup.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,30 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/sh
-
-rm -rf \
-AUTHORS \
-ChangeLog \
-INSTALL \
-Makefile \
-Makefile.in \
-Makefile.orig \
-NEWS \
-aclocal.m4 \
-autom4te.cache \
-autoscan.log \
-build \
-config.guess \
-config.h \
-config.hin \
-config.log \
-config.status \
-config.sub \
-configure \
-configure.scan \
-depcomp \
-.deps \
-install-sh \
-.libs \
-libtool \
-ltmain.sh \
-Makefile.in \
-missing
diff --git a/lib/py/configure.ac b/lib/py/configure.ac
deleted file mode 100644
index 61c6df4..0000000
--- a/lib/py/configure.ac
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,19 +0,0 @@
-AC_PREREQ(2.59)
-
-AC_INIT([thriftpy], [1.0])
-
-AC_CONFIG_AUX_DIR([.])
-
-AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE
-
-AC_ARG_VAR([PY_PREFIX], [Prefix for installing Python modules.
-                         (Normal --prefix is ignored for Python because
-                         Python has different conventions.)
-                         Default = "/usr"])
-AS_IF([test "x$PY_PREFIX" == x], [PY_PREFIX="/usr"])
-
-AM_PATH_PYTHON(2.4,, :)
-
-AC_CONFIG_FILES([Makefile])
-
-AC_OUTPUT