diff --git a/ci/pypi.sh b/ci/pypi.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index 1695f9a14c8646f19213ed9404b4d92779edc130..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/ci/pypi.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,73 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env bash
-# Wed 21 Sep 2016 13:08:05 CEST
-
-# Functions for coloring echo commands
-red_echo() {
-  echo -e "\033[1;31m${@}\033[0m"
-}
-
-green_echo() {
-  echo -e "\033[1;32m${@}\033[0m"
-}
-
-if [ -z "${PYPIUSER}" ] || [ -z "${PYPIPASS}" ]; then
-  red_echo "PYPIUSER and/or PYPIPASS undefined - aborting...";
-  exit 1
-fi
-
-if [ -z "${CI_BUILD_TAG}" ]; then
-  red_echo "CI_BUILD_TAG undefined - can only work with tags, aborting...";
-  exit 1
-fi
-
-PYPISERVER=`[ -z "${PYPISERVER}" ] || https://pypi.python.org`
-TESTSERVER=https://testpypi.python.org
-
-cat <<EOT >> ~/.pypirc
-[distutils]
-index-servers =
-    production
-    staging
-
-[production]
-repository: ${PYPISERVER}
-username: ${PYPIUSER}
-password: ${PYPIPASS}
-
-[staging]
-repository: https://testpypi.python.org/
-username: ${PYPIUSER}
-password: ${PYPIPASS}
-EOT
-chmod 600 ~/.pypirc
-
-setup() {
-  local cmd=python setup.py "${@}"
-  green_echo "[>>] Running ${cmd}..."
-  local status=$?
-  if [ ${status} != 0 ]; then
-    red_echo "Command \"${cmd}\" failed - aborting..."
-    rm -f ~/.pypirc
-    exit ${status}
-  fi
-}
-
-green_echo "[>>] Uploading first to ${TESTSERVER} on behalf of ${PYPIUSER}..."
-setup check sdist --formats zip upload --repository staging
-green_echo "[<<] Test finished, proceeding..."
-
-# if that worked, uploads documentation to pythonhosted if any exists
-if [ -d doc ]; then
-  green_echo "[>>] Uploading documentation on behalf of ${PYPIUSER}..."
-  setup upload_docs --upload-dir sphinx
-  green_echo "[<<] Documentation uploaded, proceeding..."
-fi
-
-# if that worked, uploads source package to the production index
-green_echo "[>>] Uploading package to ${PYPISERVER} on behalf of ${PYPIUSER}..."
-setup check sdist --formats zip upload --repository production
-green_echo "[<<] Package deployed, goodbye."
-
-# cleanup
-rm -f ~/.pypirc
-exit 0
diff --git a/gitlab/after_deploy.sh b/gitlab/after_deploy.sh
index d161c1fe59ca3bac2bf12377fd40ae064f2c4ac4..ac195c7ebb08169df684edfd8fa505b70c01059c 100755
--- a/gitlab/after_deploy.sh
+++ b/gitlab/after_deploy.sh
@@ -3,6 +3,6 @@
 
 source $(dirname ${0})/functions.sh
 
+run_cmd rm -rf ~/.pypirc
 check_env CONDA_PREFIX
 run_cmd rm -rf ${CONDA_PREFIX}
-run_cmd rm -rf ~/.pypirc
diff --git a/gitlab/deploy.sh b/gitlab/deploy.sh
index ef0bed70cd0126f0226cff22671418d9f2c567fc..3703b669aa8eb99dcf6a8f63eb5cd6924df77f68 100755
--- a/gitlab/deploy.sh
+++ b/gitlab/deploy.sh
@@ -25,6 +25,3 @@ fi
 # if that worked, uploads source package to the production index
 log_info "Uploading package to ${PYPISERVER} on behalf of ${PYPIUSER}..."
 setup check sdist --formats zip upload --repository production
-
-# cleanup
-run_cmd rm -f ~/.pypirc
diff --git a/gitlab/functions.sh b/gitlab/functions.sh
index 8fad3fa8a6bb3e03d48682c360e5e5d63380d79a..a5c46d1d27f74a3a49937e1c6fe40bc2d85de3cf 100644
--- a/gitlab/functions.sh
+++ b/gitlab/functions.sh
@@ -52,18 +52,8 @@ run_cmd() {
 
 # Runs setup.py
 setup() {
-  check_env CONDA_PREFIX
-  local python=`pwd`/${CONDA_PREFIX}/bin/python
-  log_info "Running \"${@}\"..."
-  ${python} setup.py ${@}
-  local status=$?
-  if [ ${status} != 0 ]; then
-    log_error "Command Failed \"${python} setup.py ${@}\""
-    log_info rm -f ~/.pypirc
-    exit ${status}
-  else
-    log_info "Finished comand \"${python} setup.py ${@}\""
-  fi
+  check_env PREFIX
+  run_cmd ${PREFIX}/bin/python setup.py ${@}
 }