diff --git a/packages/python_interface.cmake b/packages/python_interface.cmake
index a94ab468b..41f508522 100644
--- a/packages/python_interface.cmake
+++ b/packages/python_interface.cmake
@@ -1,81 +1,43 @@
 #===============================================================================
 # @file   python_interface.cmake
 #
 # @author Guillaume Anciaux <guillaume.anciaux@epfl.ch>
 # @author Nicolas Richart <nicolas.richart@epfl.ch>
 #
 # @date creation: Tue Nov 29 2011
 # @date last modification: Fri Jan 22 2016
 #
 # @brief  package description for the python interface
 #
 # @section LICENSE
 #
 # Copyright (©)  2010-2012, 2014,  2015 EPFL  (Ecole Polytechnique  Fédérale de
 # Lausanne)  Laboratory (LSMS  -  Laboratoire de  Simulation  en Mécanique  des
 # Solides)
 #
 # Akantu is free  software: you can redistribute it and/or  modify it under the
 # terms  of the  GNU Lesser  General Public  License as  published by  the Free
 # Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any
 # later version.
 #
 # Akantu is  distributed in the  hope that it  will be useful, but  WITHOUT ANY
 # WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR
 # A  PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See  the GNU  Lesser General  Public License  for more
 # details.
 #
 # You should  have received  a copy  of the GNU  Lesser General  Public License
 # along with Akantu. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 #
 #===============================================================================
 
 package_declare(python_interface
   DESCRIPTION "Akantu's python interface"
-  DEPENDS PythonLibs)
-
-package_declare_sources(python_interface
-  python/python_functor.cc
-  python/python_functor.hh
-  python/python_functor_inline_impl.cc
-  model/solid_mechanics/materials/material_python/material_python.cc
-  model/solid_mechanics/materials/material_python/material_python.hh
-  )
-
-
-set(AKANTU_PYTHON_INTERFACE_IMPL "swig"
-  CACHE STRING "Specifies the implementation of the python interface")
-set_property(CACHE AKANTU_PYTHON_INTERFACE_IMPL PROPERTY STRINGS
-  pybind11
-  swig
-  all
-  )
-
-if(AKANTU_PYTHON_INTERFACE_IMPL MATCHES "swig" OR AKANTU_PYTHON_INTERFACE_IMPL MATCHES "all")
-  package_add_dependencies(python_interface PRIVATE SWIG)
-else()
-  package_remove_dependencies(python_interface SWIG)
-endif()
-
-if(AKANTU_PYTHON_INTERFACE_IMPL MATCHES "pybind11" OR AKANTU_PYTHON_INTERFACE_IMPL MATCHES "all")
-  package_add_dependencies(python_interface PUBLIC pybind11)
-else()
-  package_remove_dependencies(python_interface pybind11)
-endif()
-
-
-package_set_package_system_dependency(python_interface deb-src swig3.0)
+  DEPENDS PythonLibs pybind11)
 
 package_declare_documentation(python_interface
-  "This package enables the python interface of Akantu. It relies on swig3.0 to generate the code"
-  ""
-  "Under Ubuntu (14.04 LTS) the installation can be performed using the commands:"
-  "\\begin{command}"
-  "  > sudo apt-get install swig3.0"
-  "\\end{command}"
-  ""
+  "This package enables the python interface of Akantu. It relies on pybind11"
 )
 
 package_declare_documentation_files(python_interface
   manual-python.tex
   )