--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -205,38 +205,7 @@
 
 _ext_modules = []
 
-# Check for a system libtorrent and if found, then do not build the libtorrent extension
-build_libtorrent = True
-try:
-    from deluge._libtorrent import lt
-except ImportError:
-    build_libtorrent = True
-else:
-    build_libtorrent = False
-
-if build_libtorrent:
-    got_libtorrent = False
-    if not os.path.exists("libtorrent"):
-        import subprocess
-        if subprocess.call(['./get_libtorrent.sh']) > 0:
-            got_libtorrent = False
-        else:
-            got_libtorrent = True
-    else:
-        got_libtorrent = True
-
-    if got_libtorrent:
-        # There isn't a system libtorrent library, so let's build the one included with deluge
-        libtorrent = Extension(
-            'libtorrent',
-            extra_compile_args = _extra_compile_args,
-            include_dirs = _include_dirs,
-            libraries = _libraries,
-            library_dirs = _library_dirs,
-            sources = _sources
-        )
-
-        _ext_modules = [libtorrent]
+import deluge._libtorrent
 
 desktop_data = 'deluge/data/share/applications/deluge.desktop'