diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 01cc813..15e9048 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -1,97 +1,18 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python
 
 import os
-import subprocess
-import tarfile
-import shutil
-import sysconfig
 
 from setuptools import setup
-from setuptools.command.build_ext import build_ext
 from setuptools.extension import Extension
 
-
-def _path_in_dir(relative_path):
-    return os.path.abspath(os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), relative_path))
-
-def _dep_source_path(relative_path):
-    return os.path.join(_path_in_dir("deps"), relative_path)
-
-def _dep_build_path(relative_path):
-    return os.path.join(_path_in_dir("_deps/build"), relative_path)
-
 def _read(fname):
     return open(os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), fname)).read()
 
 
-jq_lib_tarball_path = _dep_source_path("jq-1.6.tar.gz")
-jq_lib_dir = _dep_build_path("jq-1.6")
-
-oniguruma_version = "6.9.4"
-oniguruma_lib_tarball_path = _dep_source_path("onig-{}.tar.gz".format(oniguruma_version))
-oniguruma_lib_build_dir = _dep_build_path("onig-{}".format(oniguruma_version))
-oniguruma_lib_install_dir = _dep_build_path("onig-install-{}".format(oniguruma_version))
-
-class jq_build_ext(build_ext):
-    def run(self):
-        if not os.path.exists(_dep_build_path(".")):
-            os.makedirs(_dep_build_path("."))
-        self._build_oniguruma()
-        self._build_libjq()
-        build_ext.run(self)
-
-    def _build_oniguruma(self):
-        self._build_lib(
-            tarball_path=oniguruma_lib_tarball_path,
-            lib_dir=oniguruma_lib_build_dir,
-            commands=[
-                ["./configure", "CFLAGS=-fPIC", "--prefix=" + oniguruma_lib_install_dir],
-                ["make"],
-                ["make", "install"],
-            ])
-
-
-    def _build_libjq(self):
-        self._build_lib(
-            tarball_path=jq_lib_tarball_path,
-            lib_dir=jq_lib_dir,
-            commands=[
-                ["./configure", "CFLAGS=-fPIC -pthread", "--disable-maintainer-mode", "--with-oniguruma=" + oniguruma_lib_install_dir],
-                ["make"],
-            ])
-
-    def _build_lib(self, tarball_path, lib_dir, commands):
-        self._extract_tarball(
-            tarball_path=tarball_path,
-            lib_dir=lib_dir,
-        )
-
-        macosx_deployment_target = sysconfig.get_config_var("MACOSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET")
-        if macosx_deployment_target:
-            os.environ['MACOSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET'] = str(macosx_deployment_target)
-
-        def run_command(args):
-            print("Executing: %s" % ' '.join(args))
-            subprocess.check_call(args, cwd=lib_dir)
-
-        for command in commands:
-            run_command(command)
-
-    def _extract_tarball(self, tarball_path, lib_dir):
-        if os.path.exists(lib_dir):
-            shutil.rmtree(lib_dir)
-        tarfile.open(tarball_path, "r:gz").extractall(_dep_build_path("."))
-
-
 jq_extension = Extension(
     "jq",
     sources=["jq.c"],
-    include_dirs=[os.path.join(jq_lib_dir, "src")],
-    extra_link_args=["-lm"],
-    extra_objects=[
-        os.path.join(jq_lib_dir, ".libs/libjq.a"),
-        os.path.join(oniguruma_lib_install_dir, "lib/libonig.a"),
-    ],
+    libraries=["jq"]
 )
 
 setup(
@@ -104,7 +25,6 @@ def _extract_tarball(self, tarball_path, lib_dir):
     python_requires='>=3.5',
     license='BSD 2-Clause',
     ext_modules = [jq_extension],
-    cmdclass={"build_ext": jq_build_ext},
     classifiers=[
         'Development Status :: 5 - Production/Stable',
         'Intended Audience :: Developers',