diff -r 038ff1a7259f -r e08d8e171238 cubicweb/__pkginfo__.py
--- a/cubicweb/__pkginfo__.py	Mon Apr 23 13:50:50 2018 +0200
+++ b/cubicweb/__pkginfo__.py	Mon Apr 23 15:23:55 2018 +0200
@@ -19,11 +19,6 @@
 """cubicweb global packaging information for the cubicweb knowledge management
 software
 """
-import sys
-from os import listdir
-from os.path import join, isdir
-import glob
-
 
 modname = distname = "cubicweb"
 
@@ -43,54 +38,8 @@
     'Programming Language :: JavaScript',
 ]
 
-_server_migration_dir = join(modname, 'misc', 'migration')
-_data_dir = join(modname, 'web', 'data')
-_wdoc_dir = join(modname, 'web', 'wdoc')
-_wdocimages_dir = join(_wdoc_dir, 'images')
-_views_dir = join(modname, 'web', 'views')
-_i18n_dir = join(modname, 'i18n')
-
-_pyversion = '.'.join(str(num) for num in sys.version_info[0:2])
-if '--home' in sys.argv:
-    # --home install
-    pydir = 'python' + _pyversion
-else:
-    pydir = join('python' + _pyversion, 'site-packages')
-
 # data files that shall be copied into the main package directory
 package_data = {
     'cubicweb.web.views': ['*.pt'],
     'cubicweb.pyramid': ['development.ini.tmpl'],
 }
-
-try:
-    # data files that shall be copied outside the main package directory
-    data_files = [
-        # server data
-        [join('share', 'cubicweb', 'migration'),
-         [join(_server_migration_dir, filename)
-          for filename in listdir(_server_migration_dir)]],
-        # web data
-        [join('share', 'cubicweb', 'cubes', 'shared', 'data'),
-         [join(_data_dir, fname) for fname in listdir(_data_dir)
-          if not isdir(join(_data_dir, fname))]],
-        [join('share', 'cubicweb', 'cubes', 'shared', 'data', 'images'),
-         [join(_data_dir, 'images', fname) for fname in listdir(join(_data_dir, 'images'))]],
-        [join('share', 'cubicweb', 'cubes', 'shared', 'data', 'jquery-treeview'),
-         [join(_data_dir, 'jquery-treeview', fname) for fname in listdir(join(_data_dir, 'jquery-treeview'))
-          if not isdir(join(_data_dir, 'jquery-treeview', fname))]],
-        [join('share', 'cubicweb', 'cubes', 'shared', 'data', 'jquery-treeview', 'images'),
-         [join(_data_dir, 'jquery-treeview', 'images', fname)
-          for fname in listdir(join(_data_dir, 'jquery-treeview', 'images'))]],
-        [join('share', 'cubicweb', 'cubes', 'shared', 'wdoc'),
-         [join(_wdoc_dir, fname) for fname in listdir(_wdoc_dir)
-          if not isdir(join(_wdoc_dir, fname))]],
-        [join('share', 'cubicweb', 'cubes', 'shared', 'wdoc', 'images'),
-         [join(_wdocimages_dir, fname) for fname in listdir(_wdocimages_dir)]],
-        [join('share', 'cubicweb', 'cubes', 'shared', 'i18n'),
-         glob.glob(join(_i18n_dir, '*.po'))],
-        # skeleton
-        ]
-except OSError:
-    # we are in an installed directory, don't care about this
-    pass