diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index fde2928e..85998297 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ Example of `auto-cpufreq --stats` CLI output
     * [Snap store](#snap-store)
     * [AUR package (Arch/Manjaro Linux)](#aur-package-archmanjaro-linux)
     * [NixOS](#nixos)
+    * [For developers](#installation-development-mode-only)
 * [Post Installation](#post-installation)
 * [Configuring auto-cpufreq](#configuring-auto-cpufreq)
     * [1: power_helper.py script (Snap package install only)](#1-power_helperpy-script-snap-package-install-only)
@@ -204,6 +205,26 @@ services.auto-cpufreq.enable = true;
 ```
 </details>
 
+### Installation (Development mode only)
+
+- If you have the poetry installed on you
+  ```bash
+  git clone https://github.com/AdnanHodzic/auto-cpufreq.git
+  cd auto-cpufreq
+  poetry install
+  poetry run auto-cpufreq --help
+  ```
+
+- Alternatively, we can use editable pip install for development purposes
+  ```bash
+  git clone https://github.com/AdnanHodzic/auto-cpufreq.git
+  cd auto-cpufreq
+  # Setup  your Virtual Environment (Instructions left here for brevity)
+  pip3 install -e .
+  auto-cpufreq
+  ```
+- Regularly run `poetry update` if you get any inconsistent lock file issues.
+
 ## Post Installation
 After installation `auto-cpufreq` will be available as a binary and you can refer to [auto-cpufreq modes and options](https://github.com/AdnanHodzic/auto-cpufreq#auto-cpufreq-modes-and-options) for more information on how to run and configure `auto-cpufreq`.
 
diff --git a/auto-cpufreq-installer b/auto-cpufreq-installer
index 459628ab..72091714 100755
--- a/auto-cpufreq-installer
+++ b/auto-cpufreq-installer
@@ -55,12 +55,11 @@ function setup_venv {
 
     source "${venv_dir}/bin/activate"
     python3 -m pip install --upgrade pip wheel
-    python3 -m pip install -r requirements.txt
 }
 
 # tool install
 function install {
-  pip3 install .
+  python -m pip install .
   mkdir -p /usr/local/share/auto-cpufreq/
   cp -r scripts/ /usr/local/share/auto-cpufreq/
   cp -r images/ /usr/local/share/auto-cpufreq/
@@ -119,7 +118,7 @@ function manual_install {
 
 	-----
 
-	python3 setup.py install --record files.txt
+	pip3 install .
 	mkdir -p /usr/local/share/auto-cpufreq/
 	cp -r scripts/ /usr/local/share/auto-cpufreq/
 
@@ -208,7 +207,7 @@ fi
 }
 
 function tool_remove {
-  files="files.txt"
+  # files="files.txt"
   share_dir="/usr/local/share/auto-cpufreq/"
 
   srv_install="/usr/local/bin/auto-cpufreq-install"
@@ -249,7 +248,7 @@ function tool_remove {
   fi
 
   # remove auto-cpufreq and all its supporting files
-  [ -f $files ] && cat $files | xargs sudo rm -rf && rm -f $files
+  # [ -f $files ] && cat $files | xargs sudo rm -rf && rm -f $files
   [ -d $share_dir ] && rm -rf $share_dir
 
   # files cleanup
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
deleted file mode 100755
index f492cac7..00000000
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-setuptools
-psutil
-click
-distro
-requests
-PyGObject
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/setup.old.py b/setup.old.py
deleted file mode 100644
index a643b173..00000000
--- a/setup.old.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,44 +0,0 @@
-import os
-
-from setuptools import setup
-
-with open("README.md") as readme_file:
-    readme = readme_file.read()
-
-this = os.path.dirname(os.path.realpath(__file__))
-
-
-def read(name):
-    with open(os.path.join(this, name)) as f:
-        return f.read()
-
-# Used for the tar.gz/snap releases
-VERSION = "2.0.0"
-
-setup(
-    name="auto-cpufreq",
-    setuptools_git_versioning={
-        "starting_version": VERSION,
-        "template": "{tag}+{sha}",
-        "dev_template": "{tag}+{sha}",
-        "dirty_template": "{tag}+{sha}.post{ccount}.dirty"
-    },
-    setup_requires=["setuptools-git-versioning"],
-    description="Automatic CPU speed & power optimizer for Linux",
-    long_description=readme,
-    author="Adnan Hodzic",
-    author_email="adnan@hodzic.org",
-    url="https://github.com/AdnanHodzic/auto-cpufreq",
-    packages=["auto_cpufreq", "auto_cpufreq/gui"],
-    install_requires=read("requirements.txt"),
-    include_package_data=True,
-    zip_safe=True,
-    license="GPLv3",
-    keywords="linux cpu speed power frequency turbo optimzier auto cpufreq",
-    classifiers=[
-        "Development Status :: 5 - Production/Stable",
-        "Intended Audience :: Developers",
-        "Operating System :: POSIX :: Linux" "Environment :: Console" "Natural Language :: English",
-    ],
-    scripts=["bin/auto-cpufreq", "bin/auto-cpufreq-gtk"],
-)