diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index eb81692..bbbbcaf 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -100,42 +100,3 @@ add_custom_target(timing_test
     COMMAND "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/run_dumb_tests.sh" "1"
     DEPENDS yamltest qhull2ply "test/run_dumb_tests.sh" "test/dumbexample.yaml")
 
-# this compiles it against python 2.7
-#find_package(PythonInterp REQUIRED)
-#find_package(PythonLibs REQUIRED)
-#find_package(Boost REQUIRED COMPONENTS python3)
-
-#set(PYTHON_INCLUDE_DIRS /usr/include/python3.6m )
-#set(PYTHON_LIBRARIES /usr/lib/libpython3.6m.so /usr/lib/libpython3.6m.so.1.0 /usr/lib/libpython3.so)
-
-#include_directories(${PYTHON_INCLUDE_DIRS} ${Boost_INCLUDE_DIRS})
-#link_directories(${Boost_LIBRARY_DIR})
-
-#message(STATUS "python version: ${PYTHON_VERSION} ")
-#message(STATUS "python dirs: ${PYTHON_INCLUDE_DIRS}")
-#message(STATUS "python libs: ${PYTHON_LIBRARIES}")
-#message(STATUS "boost dirs: ${Boost_INCLUDE_DIRS}")
-
-find_package(pybind11 REQUIRED)
-add_library(coeffflow MODULE python/bindings.cpp)
-target_link_libraries(coeffflow PRIVATE scomplex pybind11::module)
-
-set_target_properties(coeffflow PROPERTIES PREFIX "" SUFFIX .so)
-
-#set_target_properties(coeffflow PROPERTIES SUFFIX .so)
-#set_target_properties(coeffflow PROPERTIES PREFIX "")
-
-#target_link_libraries(coeffflow "python2.7" "boost_python" ${Boost_LIBRARIES} ${PYTHON_LIBRARIES} scomplex)
-
-
-# This should really work, but it doesnt
-#set(Python_ADDITIONAL_VERSIONS 3.6)
-#find_package(PythonLibs REQUIRED)
-#
-#set(PYTHON_INCLUDE_DIR /usr/include/python3.6m)
-#set(PYTHON_LIBRARY libpython3.6m.so libpython3.6m.so.1.0 libpython3.so)
-#
-#include_directories(${PYTHON_INCLUDE_DIR} ${Boost_INCLUDE_DIRS})
-#python_add_module(coeffflow python/bindings.cpp)
-#target_link_libraries(coeffflow "boost_python3" "python3.6m" ${Boost_LIBRARIES} ${PYTHON_LIBRARY} scomplex)
-#
diff --git a/python/bindings.cpp b/python/bindings.cpp
deleted file mode 100644
index f76b083..0000000
--- a/python/bindings.cpp
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,20 +0,0 @@
-#include <vector>
-
-#include <pybind11/pybind11.h>
-#include <pybind11/stl.h>
-
-#include "scomplex/coeff_flow.hpp"
-#include "scomplex/simplicial_complex.hpp"
-#include "scomplex/types.hpp"
-
-using namespace gsimp;
-
-namespace py = pybind11;
-
-PYBIND11_MODULE(coeffflow, m) {
-    py::class_< simplicial_complex >(m, "simplicial_complex")  //
-        .def(py::init< std::vector< cell_t >& >())             //
-        .def("cell_to_index", &simplicial_complex::cell_to_index);
-
-    m.def("coeff_flow", coeff_flow);
-}