diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index c1a12d8..ff0f8a5 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -99,31 +99,29 @@ else()
   set(win32 false)
 endif(CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME STREQUAL "Windows")
 
+find_package(PythonLibs REQUIRED )
+find_package(PythonInterp REQUIRED)
+
 add_subdirectory(fftpack)
 include_directories(
   fftpack
   lasp/c
   )
+
 add_subdirectory(lasp)
 add_subdirectory(test)
 
-if (PYTHON)
-    # set(SETUP_PY_IN "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/setup.py.in")
-    set(SETUP_PY    "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/setup.py")
-    set(DEPS        "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/lasp/*.py")
-    set(OUTPUT      "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/build/timestamp")
+# set(SETUP_PY_IN "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/setup.py.in")
+set(SETUP_PY    "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/setup.py")
+set(DEPS        "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/lasp/*.py")
+set(OUTPUT      "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/build/timestamp")
 
-    # configure_file(${SETUP_PY_IN} ${SETUP_PY})
+# configure_file(${SETUP_PY_IN} ${SETUP_PY})
+add_custom_command(OUTPUT ${OUTPUT}
+                   COMMAND ${PYTHON_EXECUTABLE} ${SETUP_PY} build
+                   COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E touch ${OUTPUT}
+                   DEPENDS ${DEPS})
 
-    add_custom_command(OUTPUT ${OUTPUT}
-                       COMMAND ${PYTHON} ${SETUP_PY} build
-                       COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E touch ${OUTPUT}
-                       DEPENDS ${DEPS})
+add_custom_target(target ALL DEPENDS ${OUTPUT})
 
-    add_custom_target(target ALL DEPENDS ${OUTPUT})
-
-    install(CODE "execute_process(COMMAND ${PYTHON} ${SETUP_PY} install)")
-endif()
-
-
-############################## End compiler settings
+install(CODE "execute_process(COMMAND ${PYTHON_EXECUTABLE} ${SETUP_PY} install)")
diff --git a/lasp/CMakeLists.txt b/lasp/CMakeLists.txt
index 16d8afc..09755dd 100644
--- a/lasp/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/lasp/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 
 configure_file(config.pxi.in config.pxi)
 set(CMAKE_MODULE_PATH ${CMAKE_MODULE_PATH} "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/cmake")
-find_package(PythonLibs REQUIRED )
 include(UseCython)
 find_package(Numpy REQUIRED )
 
@@ -13,35 +12,6 @@ include_directories(
  add_subdirectory(c)
  add_subdirectory(device)
 
-# add the command to generate the source code
-# add_custom_command (
-#   OUTPUT ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/Table.h
-#   COMMAND MakeTable ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/Table.h
-#   DEPENDS MakeTable
-#   )
-
-set(ui_files ui_apsrtsettings ui_mainwindow ui_figure ui_about
-ui_apswidget ui_revtimewidget ui_slmwidget ui_daqwidget ui_apssettings
-ui_figuredialog)
-foreach(fn ${ui_files})
-  add_custom_command(
-    OUTPUT "${fn}.py"
-    COMMAND pyside-uic ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/ui/${fn}.ui -o ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/${fn}.py
-    DEPENDS "ui/${fn}.ui"
-    )
-    add_custom_target(${fn} ALL DEPENDS "${fn}.py")
-endforeach(fn)
-
-add_custom_command(
-    OUTPUT "${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/resources_rc.py"
-    COMMAND pyside-rcc -py3 ui/resources.qrc -o ${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/resources_rc.py
-    DEPENDS "ui/resources.qrc"
-)
-add_custom_target(resources_rc ALL DEPENDS "${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/resources_rc.py")
-
-
-
-
 set_source_files_properties(wrappers.c PROPERTIES COMPILE_FLAGS "${CMAKE_C_FLAGS} ${CYTHON_EXTRA_C_FLAGS}")
 cython_add_module(wrappers wrappers.pyx)
 target_link_libraries(wrappers lasp_lib )
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index b2d5542..13245c1 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -14,7 +14,8 @@ setup(
       packages=['lasp'],
       author='J.A. de Jong - ASCEE',
       author_email="j.a.dejong@ascee.nl",
-      install_requires=['matplotlib>=1.0', 'scipy>=1.0', 'numpy>=1.0'],
+      install_requires=['matplotlib>=1.0',
+                        'scipy>=1.0', 'numpy>=1.0', 'h5py'],
       license='MIT',
       description=descr,
       keywords="",