diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 1e487ac6..b9614658 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -29,12 +29,6 @@ distclean: clean cleandeb
 	rm -f VERSION _$(PACKAGE)_configdata.py MANIFEST Packages.gz
 	# clean aborted dist builds and -out files
 	rm -f $(PACKAGE)-*
-	rm -rf linkcheckssl/ssl.so
-
-.PHONY: localbuild
-localbuild: config
-	$(PYTHON) setup.py build
-	cp -f build/lib.linux-i686-2.1/linkcheckssl/ssl.so linkcheckssl
 
 .PHONY: cleandeb
 cleandeb:
@@ -49,9 +43,7 @@ config:
 # no rpm package; too much trouble, cannot test
 .PHONY: dist
 dist:	locale config
-	$(PYTHON) setup.py sdist --formats=gztar,zip # bdist_rpm
-	# extra run without SSL compilation
-	$(PYTHON) setup.py bdist_wininst --bitmap="guruguru.bmp"
+	$(PYTHON) setup.py sdist --formats=gztar,zip bdist_wininst
 
 deb:
 	# cleandeb because distutils choke on dangling symlinks
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 818763a4..bc038455 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ o a (Fast)CGI web interface (requires HTTP server)
 """,
        distclass = MyDistribution,
        cmdclass = {'install': MyInstall},
-       packages = ['','DNS','linkcheck','linkcheckssl'],
+       packages = ['','DNS','linkcheck'],
        scripts = ['linkchecker'],
        data_files = [('share/locale/de/LC_MESSAGES',
       ['locale/de/LC_MESSAGES/linkcheck.mo']),