--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -58,12 +58,7 @@ py2exe_params = {
 if len(sys.argv) >= 2 and sys.argv[1] == 'py2exe':
     params = py2exe_params
 else:
-    files_spec = [
-        ('etc/bash_completion.d', ['youtube-dl.bash-completion']),
-        ('etc/fish/completions', ['youtube-dl.fish']),
-        ('share/doc/youtube_dl', ['README.txt']),
-        ('share/man/man1', ['youtube-dl.1'])
-    ]
+    files_spec = []
     root = os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__))
     data_files = []
     for dirname, files in files_spec: