diff --git a/MANIFEST.in b/MANIFEST.in
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--- a/MANIFEST.in
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@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-include *.rst
-recursive-include pelican *.html *.css *png *.rst *.markdown *.md *.mkd *.xml *.py *.jinja2
-include LICENSE THANKS docs/changelog.rst pyproject.toml
-graft samples
-global-exclude __pycache__
-global-exclude *.py[co]
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
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-[bdist_wheel]
-universal = 1
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
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-#!/usr/bin/env python
-
-from os import walk
-from os.path import join, relpath
-
-from setuptools import find_packages, setup
-
-
-version = "4.8.0"
-
-requires = [
-    'feedgenerator >= 1.9',
-    'jinja2 >= 2.7',
-    'pygments',
-    'docutils>=0.15',
-    'blinker',
-    'unidecode',
-    'python-dateutil',
-    'rich',
-    'backports-zoneinfo[tzdata] >= 0.2; python_version<"3.9"',
-    'watchfiles'
-]
-
-entry_points = {
-    'console_scripts': [
-        'pelican = pelican.__main__:main',
-        'pelican-import = pelican.tools.pelican_import:main',
-        'pelican-quickstart = pelican.tools.pelican_quickstart:main',
-        'pelican-themes = pelican.tools.pelican_themes:main',
-        'pelican-plugins = pelican.plugins._utils:list_plugins'
-    ]
-}
-
-README = open('README.rst', encoding='utf-8').read()
-CHANGELOG = open('docs/changelog.rst', encoding='utf-8').read()
-
-# Relative links in the README must be converted to absolute URL's
-# so that they render correctly on PyPI.
-README = README.replace(
-    "<CONTRIBUTING.rst>",
-    "<https://docs.getpelican.com/en/latest/contribute.html>",
-)
-
-description = '\n'.join([README, CHANGELOG])
-
-setup(
-    name='pelican',
-    version=version,
-    url='https://getpelican.com/',
-    author='Justin Mayer',
-    author_email='authors@getpelican.com',
-    description="Static site generator supporting reStructuredText and "
-                "Markdown source content.",
-    project_urls={
-        'Documentation': 'https://docs.getpelican.com/',
-        'Funding': 'https://donate.getpelican.com/',
-        'Source': 'https://github.com/getpelican/pelican',
-        'Tracker': 'https://github.com/getpelican/pelican/issues',
-    },
-    keywords='static web site generator SSG reStructuredText Markdown',
-    license='AGPLv3',
-    long_description=description,
-    long_description_content_type='text/x-rst',
-    packages=find_packages(),
-    include_package_data=True,  # includes all in MANIFEST.in if in package
-    # NOTE : This will collect any files that happen to be in the themes
-    # directory, even though they may not be checked into version control.
-    package_data={  # pelican/themes is not a package, so include manually
-        'pelican': [relpath(join(root, name), 'pelican')
-                    for root, _, names in walk(join('pelican', 'themes'))
-                    for name in names],
-    },
-    install_requires=requires,
-    extras_require={
-        'Markdown': ['markdown~=3.1.1']
-    },
-    entry_points=entry_points,
-    classifiers=[
-        'Development Status :: 5 - Production/Stable',
-        'Environment :: Console',
-        'Framework :: Pelican',
-        'License :: OSI Approved :: GNU Affero General Public License v3',
-        'Operating System :: OS Independent',
-        'Programming Language :: Python :: 3',
-        'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.7',
-        'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.8',
-        'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.9',
-        'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.10',
-        'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.11',
-        'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.12',
-        'Programming Language :: Python :: Implementation :: CPython',
-        'Topic :: Internet :: WWW/HTTP',
-        'Topic :: Software Development :: Libraries :: Python Modules',
-    ],
-    test_suite='pelican.tests',
-)