diff --git a/include/binary_c_python.h b/include/binary_c_python.h
index f8f7ab8d04402fe8fbfa774c4f824014a10f7b44..e3f09ab128af34f0e293edf4f76e4b9a347a0deb 100644
--- a/include/binary_c_python.h
+++ b/include/binary_c_python.h
@@ -6,8 +6,8 @@
  * Include binary_C's API
  */
 #include "binary_c_API.h"
-#include "binary_c.h"
-#include "binary_c_API_prototypes.h"
+// #include "binary_c.h"
+// #include "binary_c_API_prototypes.h"
 
 /* Binary_c's python API prototypes */
 int run_system(char * argstring,
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index c7c718ceec5edff2b4bb590fb2d5be78e329c30f..5bbc5775f7b9f750930e6ecc2fd1a328386fe5d5 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -110,9 +110,9 @@ for x in DEFINES:
         if y:
             BINARY_C_DEFINE_MACROS.extend([(y.group(1), None)])
 
-# add API header file
-API_h = os.path.join(BINARY_C_DIR, "src", "API", "binary_c_API.h")
-BINARY_C_DEFINE_MACROS.extend([("BINARY_C_API_H", API_h)])
+# # add API header file
+# API_h = os.path.join(BINARY_C_DIR, "src", "API", "binary_c_API.h")
+# BINARY_C_DEFINE_MACROS.extend([("BINARY_C_API_H", API_h)])
 
 ############################################################
 # Setting all directories and LIBRARIES to their final values