diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index ad750a2..07fee9e 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -14,16 +14,6 @@
     from distutils.core import setup
     from distutils.core import Command
 
-try:
-    from sphinx.setup_command import BuildDoc
-    has_sphinx = True
-
-    from distutils.command.build import build
-    from distutils.command.build_py import build_py
-    from distutils.command.install_data import install_data
-except ImportError:
-    has_sphinx = False
-
 import tests.test_f90nml
 
 # Project details
@@ -33,57 +23,6 @@
 project_scripts = [os.path.join('bin', f) for f in os.listdir('bin')]
 
 
-# The method below is largely based on Kentaro Wada's implementation in the
-# wstools package.
-# Reference: https://github.com/vcstools/wstool/blob/master/setup.py
-#    commit: 8523f7fbe5e0690f0deb785ce54186b41358e31f
-
-# NOTE: setuptools will not explicitly install data and instead packs it inside
-# the egg.  While this is generally a good practice for modules which rely on
-# user data, it makes it impossible to install things like documentation
-# outside of the python space.
-#
-# We get around this by issuing a direct `install_data` command to distutils
-# rather than relying on setuptools to install the data into its egg.
-
-# TODO: Should probably also disable the install_data copy to the egg...
-
-
-# Generate the man page if present
-data_files = []
-cmd_class = {}
-if has_sphinx:
-    # Create manpage build rule
-    class ProjectBuildMan(BuildDoc):
-        def initialize_options(self):
-            BuildDoc.initialize_options(self)
-            self.builder = 'man'
-
-    # Include build_man into the main builds
-    class ProjectBuild(build):
-        def run(self):
-            self.run_command('build_man')
-            self.run_command('install_data')
-            build.run(self)
-
-    class ProjectBuildPy(build_py):
-        def run(self):
-            self.run_command('build_man')
-            self.run_command('install_data')
-            build_py.run(self)
-
-    # Tabulate the builds
-    cmd_class['build'] = ProjectBuild
-    cmd_class['build_py'] = ProjectBuildPy
-    cmd_class['build_man'] = ProjectBuildMan
-
-    # Try to determine an appropriate man path
-    if os.path.isdir(os.path.join(sys.prefix, 'share')):
-        man_root = 'share'
-    else:
-        man_root = ''
-
-
 # Test suite
 class ProjectTest(Command):
     user_options = []
@@ -101,8 +40,6 @@ def run(self):
         result = unittest.TextTestRunner(verbosity=2).run(suite)
         sys.exit(not result.wasSuccessful())
 
-cmd_class['test'] = ProjectTest
-
 
 # README
 with open(project_readme_fname) as f:
@@ -122,8 +59,7 @@ def run(self):
     packages = ['f90nml'],
     scripts=project_scripts,
 
-    data_files=data_files,
-    cmdclass=cmd_class,
+    cmdclass = {'test': ProjectTest},
 
     classifiers = [
         'Development Status :: 4 - Beta',