diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 173a2896..08c9be2a 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -16,13 +16,6 @@
 with open(pth, 'r') as fp:
     exec(fp.read())
 
-ofiles = glob('data/*')
-data_files = []
-for f in ofiles:
-    if '~' not in f:
-        data_files.append(('share/pizza-cutter', [f]))
-
-
 setup(
     name='pizza_cutter',
     version=__version__,
@@ -30,6 +23,5 @@
     author="MRB and ESS",
     packages=find_packages(),
     include_package_data=True,
-    data_files=data_files,
     scripts=scripts,
 )