diff --git a/src/platform/python/CMakeLists.txt b/src/platform/python/CMakeLists.txt
index a5b568813..d743e9924 100644
--- a/src/platform/python/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/platform/python/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -5,8 +5,10 @@ include_directories(AFTER ${PYTHON_INCLUDE_DIRS})
 
 get_property(INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES DIRECTORY PROPERTY INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES)
 set(INCLUDE_FLAGS)
+set(INCLUDE_FLAGS_STR "")
 foreach(DIR IN LISTS INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES)
-	list(APPEND INCLUDE_FLAGS "-I${DIR}")
+      list(APPEND INCLUDE_FLAGS "-I${DIR}")
+      set(INCLUDE_FLAGS_STR "${INCLUDE_FLAGS_STR} \"-I${DIR}\"")
 endforeach()
 
 file(GLOB PYTHON_HEADERS ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/*.h)
@@ -64,5 +66,5 @@ foreach(TEST IN LISTS BASE_TESTS SUBTESTS)
 	add_test(NAME python-${TEST_NAME}
                COMMAND ${PYTHON_EXECUTABLE} setup.py build -b ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR} pytest --extras --addopts ${TEST}
                WORKING_DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR})
-	set_tests_properties(python-${TEST_NAME} PROPERTIES ENVIRONMENT "${PATH}=${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/..;BINDIR=${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/..;LIBDIR=${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/..;CPPFLAGS=${INCLUDE_FLAGS}")
+	set_tests_properties(python-${TEST_NAME} PROPERTIES ENVIRONMENT "${PATH}=${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/..;BINDIR=${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/..;LIBDIR=${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/..;CPPFLAGS=${INCLUDE_FLAGS_STR}")
 endforeach()
diff --git a/src/platform/python/_builder.py b/src/platform/python/_builder.py
index cdd610321..707703c5b 100644
--- a/src/platform/python/_builder.py
+++ b/src/platform/python/_builder.py
@@ -13,8 +13,6 @@ libdir = os.environ.get("LIBDIR")
 
 cpp = shlex.split(os.environ.get("CPP", "cc -E"))
 cppflags = shlex.split(os.environ.get("CPPFLAGS", ""))
-if __name__ == "__main__":
-    cppflags.extend(sys.argv[1:])
 cppflags.extend(["-I" + incdir, "-I" + srcdir, "-I" + bindir])
 
 ffi.set_source("mgba._pylib", """
diff --git a/src/platform/python/setup.py.in b/src/platform/python/setup.py.in
deleted file mode 100644
index 3546cb876..000000000
--- a/src/platform/python/setup.py.in
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,35 +0,0 @@
-from setuptools import setup
-import re
-import os
-import sys
-
-os.environ["BINDIR"] = "${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}"
-os.environ["LIBDIR"] = "${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}/${LIBDIR}"
-os.environ["CPPFLAGS"] = " ".join([d for d in "${INCLUDE_FLAGS}".split(";") if d])
-
-classifiers = [
-    "Programming Language :: C",
-    "Programming Language :: Python :: 2",
-    "Programming Language :: Python :: 3",
-    "License :: OSI Approved :: Mozilla Public License 2.0 (MPL 2.0)",
-    "Topic :: Games/Entertainment",
-    "Topic :: System :: Emulators"
-]
-
-setup(name="${BINARY_NAME}",
-      version="${LIB_VERSION_STRING}",
-      author="Jeffrey Pfau",
-      author_email="jeffrey@endrift.com",
-      url="http://github.com/mgba-emu/mgba/",
-      packages=["mgba"],
-      package_dir={
-        "mgba": "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/mgba"
-      },
-      setup_requires=['cffi>=1.6', 'pytest-runner'],
-      install_requires=['cffi>=1.6', 'cached-property'],
-      extras_require={'pil': ['Pillow>=2.3'], 'cinema': ['pyyaml', 'pytest']},
-      tests_require=['pytest'],
-      cffi_modules=["${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/_builder.py:ffi"],
-      license="MPL 2.0",
-      classifiers=classifiers
-      )