diff --git a/api/py/.gitignore b/api/py/.gitignore
index 4cefc3f1c7..ddf184b451 100644
--- a/api/py/.gitignore
+++ b/api/py/.gitignore
@@ -5,4 +5,5 @@ __pycache__
 build
 mobilenet_v2_1.0.onnx.nnef.tgz
 rust-workspace
+dist
 
diff --git a/api/py/requirements.txt b/api/py/requirements.txt
index 8892ad6bb7..77bfb1649e 100644
--- a/api/py/requirements.txt
+++ b/api/py/requirements.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 numpy==1.26.4
-shtools==3.12.2
 setuptools==69.1.1
 setuptools_rust==1.9.0
 toml==0.10.2
diff --git a/api/py/setup.py b/api/py/setup.py
index 340557af24..0c7e87f575 100644
--- a/api/py/setup.py
+++ b/api/py/setup.py
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 shutil.copytree(
         "../..",
         "rust-workspace",
-        ignore = shutil.ignore_patterns(".cached", "target", "rust-workspace", ".git", "issue-*", "cli", "api/py/*"),
+        ignore = shutil.ignore_patterns(".cached", "target", ".git", "issue-*", "cli", "py", ".travis", "assets"),
         dirs_exist_ok = True
 )