diff --git a/nblib/epitopelib/__init__.py b/nblib/epitopelib/__init__.py
index 0b08e75..103d033 100644
--- a/nblib/epitopelib/__init__.py
+++ b/nblib/epitopelib/__init__.py
@@ -1,7 +1,2 @@
-import numpy
-import pyximport
-pyximport.install(setup_args={"include_dirs":numpy.get_include()},
-                  reload_support=True)
-
 from .epitopelib import *