diff --git a/python/setup.py.in b/python/setup.py.in
index 54776e4b8..3bd653acd 100644
--- a/python/setup.py.in
+++ b/python/setup.py.in
@@ -1,52 +1,52 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python
 # -*- coding:utf-8 -*-
 
 from setuptools import setup, find_packages, Extension
 
 
 name = 'Akantu'
 version = '3.1.0'
 release = '1.0.0'
 
 aka_inc_dirs = "@AKANTU_LIBRARY_INCLUDE_DIRS@".split(';')
 aka_inc_dirs += "@AKANTU_PRIVATE_EXTERNAL_INCLUDE_DIR@".split(';')
 aka_inc_dirs += "@AKANTU_INTERFACE_EXTERNAL_INCLUDE_DIR@".split(';')
 aka_inc_dirs.append(
     "@PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR@/third-party/akantu_iterators/include")
 aka_inc_dirs.append(
     "@PROJECT_BINARY_DIR@/src")
 aka_inc_dirs.append('@PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR@/python')
 aka_inc_dirs += '@PYBIND11_INCLUDE_DIR@'.split(';')
 
 
 pybind_extension = Extension(
     "py11_akantu",
     ["@PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR@/python/py_aka_common.cc",
      "@PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR@/python/py_aka_error.cc",
      "@PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR@/python/py_akantu.cc",
      "@PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR@/python/py_boundary_conditions.cc",
      "@PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR@/python/py_fe_engine.cc",
      "@PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR@/python/py_group_manager.cc",
      "@PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR@/python/py_mesh.cc",
      "@PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR@/python/py_model.cc",
      "@PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR@/python/py_parser.cc"],
-    extra_compile_args=['-std=c++17'],  # , '-g',
-    # '-fno-omit-frame-pointer'],  # , '-O0'],
+    version=version,
+    extra_compile_args=['-std=c++17'],
+    libraries=['akantu'],
+    library_dirs=["@PROJECT_BINARY_DIR@/src/"],
+    # '-g', '-fno-omit-frame-pointer'],  # , '-O0'],
     include_dirs=aka_inc_dirs
 )
 
 
 setup(name=name,
       packages=find_packages(),
       version="0.0.0",
       author="Guillaume Anciaux",
       author_email="guillaume.anciaux@epfl.ch",
-      description=("Nonlinear Geometrically Exact Structural Elements"),
+      description=("Akantu: Swiss-Made Open-Source Finite-Element Library"),
       license="GPL",
       tests_require=["pytest"],
-      install_requires=['sphinx', 'pyvista',
-                        'vtk', 'meshio', 'sphinx-rtd-theme', 'scipy',
-                        'numpy', 'sympy'],
-      setup_requires=["pytest-runner"],
+      install_requires=['numpy'],
       ext_modules=[pybind_extension],
       )