-# inputs/outputs
-LTTNGUST_PY_PACKAGE_DIR = $(srcdir)/lttngust
-LTTNGUST_PY_PACKAGE_FILES = agent.py cmd.py debug.py loghandler.py
-LTTNGUST_PY_PACKAGE_SRC = \
- $(addprefix $(LTTNGUST_PY_PACKAGE_DIR)/,$(LTTNGUST_PY_PACKAGE_FILES))
-INIT_PY_IN = $(srcdir)/__init__.py.in
-INIT_PY = __init__.py
-
-# dist files
-EXTRA_DIST = $(INIT_PY_IN) $(LTTNGUST_PY_PACKAGE_SRC)
-
-# __init__.py with proper version string
-all-local: $(INIT_PY)
-
-$(INIT_PY): $(INIT_PY_IN)
- $(SED) "s/@LTTNG_UST_VERSION@/$(PACKAGE_VERSION)/g" < $< > $@
-
-# Python package
-nodist_lttngust_PYTHON = $(LTTNGUST_PY_PACKAGE_SRC) $(INIT_PY)
-lttngustdir = $(pythondir)/lttngust
-
-# tracepoint provider
-AM_CPPFLAGS = $(PYTHON_INCLUDE) -I$(top_srcdir)/include/ \
+# tracepoint provider: always built/installed (does not depend on Python per se)
+AM_CPPFLAGS = -I$(top_srcdir)/include/ \