diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 58497bd..d57d5f1 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -48,17 +48,6 @@
     library_dirs.append('/usr/local/lib')
     include_dirs.append('/usr/local/include')
 
-# crazy kludge to find include dir in a conda build:
-# check if we are running conda build:
-if 'CONDA_BUILD' in os.environ:
-    print("running in conda build, adding include dir")
-    prefix = os.environ['PREFIX']
-    include_dirs.append(os.path.join(prefix, 'include'))
-    print("added:", include_dirs[-1])
-else:
-    print("not running in conda build")
-
-
 class cleanall(clean):
     description = ("cleans files generated by 'develop' mode and files "
                    "autogenerated by cython")