diff --git a/classes/distutils.bbclass b/classes/distutils.bbclass
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index f67297e3ba3441a727966829766ca56e9c6d4c92..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/classes/distutils.bbclass
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,74 +0,0 @@
-inherit distutils-base
-
-DISTUTILS_BUILD_ARGS ?= ""
-DISTUTILS_STAGE_HEADERS_ARGS ?= "--install-dir=${STAGING_INCDIR}/${PYTHON_DIR}"
-DISTUTILS_STAGE_ALL_ARGS ?= "--prefix=${STAGING_DIR_HOST}${prefix} \
-    --install-data=${STAGING_DATADIR}"
-DISTUTILS_INSTALL_ARGS ?= "--prefix=${D}/${prefix} \
-    --install-data=${D}/${datadir}"
-
-distutils_do_compile() {
-         STAGING_INCDIR=${STAGING_INCDIR} \
-         STAGING_LIBDIR=${STAGING_LIBDIR} \
-         BUILD_SYS=${BUILD_SYS} HOST_SYS=${HOST_SYS} \
-         ${STAGING_BINDIR_NATIVE}/python-native/python setup.py build ${DISTUTILS_BUILD_ARGS} || \
-         bbfatal "python setup.py build_ext execution failed."
-}
-
-distutils_stage_headers() {
-        install -d ${STAGING_DIR_HOST}${PYTHON_SITEPACKAGES_DIR}
-        BUILD_SYS=${BUILD_SYS} HOST_SYS=${HOST_SYS} \
-        ${STAGING_BINDIR_NATIVE}/python-native/python setup.py install_headers ${DISTUTILS_STAGE_HEADERS_ARGS} || \
-        bbfatal "python setup.py install_headers execution failed."
-}
-
-distutils_stage_all() {
-        STAGING_INCDIR=${STAGING_INCDIR} \
-        STAGING_LIBDIR=${STAGING_LIBDIR} \
-        install -d ${STAGING_DIR_HOST}${PYTHON_SITEPACKAGES_DIR}
-        PYTHONPATH=${STAGING_DIR_HOST}${PYTHON_SITEPACKAGES_DIR} \
-        BUILD_SYS=${BUILD_SYS} HOST_SYS=${HOST_SYS} \
-        ${STAGING_BINDIR_NATIVE}/python-native/python setup.py install ${DISTUTILS_STAGE_ALL_ARGS} || \
-        bbfatal "python setup.py install (stage) execution failed."
-}
-
-distutils_do_install() {
-        install -d ${D}${PYTHON_SITEPACKAGES_DIR}
-        STAGING_INCDIR=${STAGING_INCDIR} \
-        STAGING_LIBDIR=${STAGING_LIBDIR} \
-        PYTHONPATH=${D}/${PYTHON_SITEPACKAGES_DIR} \
-        BUILD_SYS=${BUILD_SYS} HOST_SYS=${HOST_SYS} \
-        ${STAGING_BINDIR_NATIVE}/python-native/python setup.py install --install-lib=${D}/${PYTHON_SITEPACKAGES_DIR} ${DISTUTILS_INSTALL_ARGS} || \
-        bbfatal "python setup.py install execution failed."
-
-        for i in `find ${D} -name "*.py"` ; do \
-            sed -i -e s:${D}::g $i
-        done
-
-        if test -e ${D}${bindir} ; then	
-            for i in ${D}${bindir}/* ; do \
-                sed -i -e s:${STAGING_BINDIR_NATIVE}/python-native/python:${bindir}/python:g $i
-                sed -i -e s:${STAGING_BINDIR_NATIVE}:${bindir}:g $i
-            done
-        fi
-
-        if test -e ${D}${sbindir}; then
-            for i in ${D}${sbindir}/* ; do \
-                sed -i -e s:${STAGING_BINDIR_NATIVE}/python-native/python:${bindir}/python:g $i
-                sed -i -e s:${STAGING_BINDIR_NATIVE}:${bindir}:g $i
-            done
-        fi
-
-        rm -f ${D}${PYTHON_SITEPACKAGES_DIR}/easy-install.pth
-        
-        #
-        # FIXME: Bandaid against wrong datadir computation
-        #
-        if test -e ${D}${datadir}/share; then
-            mv -f ${D}${datadir}/share/* ${D}${datadir}/
-        fi
-}
-
-EXPORT_FUNCTIONS do_compile do_install
-
-export LDSHARED="${CCLD} -shared"