diff --git a/python/.gitignore b/python/.gitignore
index b968958..a4b23d2 100644
--- a/python/.gitignore
+++ b/python/.gitignore
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 AUTHORS
 LICENSE
 README.md
-pytrexio.py
 src/
 
 build/
diff --git a/python/MANIFEST.in b/python/MANIFEST.in
index 10daee9..eab38bc 100644
--- a/python/MANIFEST.in
+++ b/python/MANIFEST.in
@@ -1 +1 @@
-include src/*.c src/trexio*.h src/*.py
+include src/*.c src/trexio*.h
diff --git a/python/pyproject.toml b/python/pyproject.toml
index d484910..374b58c 100644
--- a/python/pyproject.toml
+++ b/python/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 [build-system]
 requires = [
     "setuptools>=42",
-    "h5py",
     "wheel"
 ]
 build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
diff --git a/python/setup.cfg b/python/setup.cfg
index 9549416..b4d9c49 100644
--- a/python/setup.cfg
+++ b/python/setup.cfg
@@ -8,5 +8,4 @@ license = BSD 3-Clause License
 [options]
 zip_safe = False
 python_requires = >=3.6
-install_requires = h5py