diff --git a/lang-python/cython/autobuild/build b/lang-python/cython/autobuild/build
deleted file mode 100644
index f6ef5c83063..00000000000
--- a/lang-python/cython/autobuild/build
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-python3 setup.py install --root="$PKGDIR"
-mv "$PKGDIR"/usr/bin/cygdb "$PKGDIR"/usr/bin/cygdb3
-mv "$PKGDIR"/usr/bin/cython "$PKGDIR"/usr/bin/cython3
-
-python2 setup.py install --root="$PKGDIR"
diff --git a/lang-python/cython/autobuild/defines b/lang-python/cython/autobuild/defines
index 40e5e57c13a..8a07895d15e 100644
--- a/lang-python/cython/autobuild/defines
+++ b/lang-python/cython/autobuild/defines
@@ -4,5 +4,3 @@ PKGDES="C extensions for Python"
 PKGDEP="python-2 python-3 setuptools"
 
 PKGCONFL="cython-0.29"
-
-ABTYPE=self