diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
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index cd1e31161..000000000
--- a/setup.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,49 +0,0 @@
-from pathlib import Path
-from shutil import copy
-
-from setuptools import find_packages, setup
-
-root = Path(__file__).parent
-with open(root / "README.md", "r") as f:
-    long_description = f.read()
-with open(root / "requirements.txt") as f:
-    install_requires = f.readlines()
-with open(root / "src" / "nwbinspector" / "_version.py") as f:
-    version = f.read()
-
-# Instantiate the testing configuration file from the base file `base_test_config.json`
-# This requires the current working directory to be the top level
-# of a local copy of the NWB Inspector GitHub repository
-BASE_CONFIG_FILE_PATH = Path.cwd() / "base_test_config.json"
-TESTING_CONFIG_FILE_PATH = Path.cwd() / "tests" / "testing_config.json"
-if not TESTING_CONFIG_FILE_PATH.exists():
-    copy(src=str(BASE_CONFIG_FILE_PATH), dst=str(TESTING_CONFIG_FILE_PATH))
-
-setup(
-    name="nwbinspector",
-    version=version.split('"')[1],
-    description="Tool to inspect NWB files for best practices compliance.",
-    long_description=long_description,
-    long_description_content_type="text/markdown",
-    author="Ryan Ly, Ben Dichter, and Cody Baker.",
-    author_email="rly@lbl.gov, ben.dichter@gmail.com, cody.baker@catalystneuro.com",
-    url="https://nwbinspector.readthedocs.io/",
-    keywords="nwb",
-    packages=find_packages(where="src"),
-    package_dir={"": "src"},
-    include_package_data=True,  # Includes files described in MANIFEST.in in the installation
-    install_requires=install_requires,
-    # zarr<2.18.0 because of https://github.com/NeurodataWithoutBorders/nwbinspector/pull/460
-    extras_require=dict(dandi=["dandi>=0.39.2", "zarr<2.18.0", "remfile"], zarr=["hdmf_zarr>=0.3.0", "zarr<2.18.0"]),
-    entry_points={"console_scripts": ["nwbinspector=nwbinspector._nwbinspector_cli:_nwbinspector_cli"]},
-    license="BSD-3-Clause",
-    classifiers=[
-        "Development Status :: 4 - Beta",
-        "Programming Language :: Python :: 3",
-        "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",
-    ],
-)