diff --git a/falcon/__init__.py b/falcon/__init__.py
index d978f14..3537e1a 100644
--- a/falcon/__init__.py
+++ b/falcon/__init__.py
@@ -32,12 +32,12 @@ DEFAULT_MEDIA_TYPE = 'application/json; charset=utf-8'
 
 
 # Hoist classes and functions into the falcon namespace
-from falcon.version import version  # NOQA
-from falcon.api import API, DEFAULT_MEDIA_TYPE  # NOQA
-from falcon.status_codes import *  # NOQA
-from falcon.exceptions import *  # NOQA
-from falcon.http_error import HTTPError  # NOQA
-from falcon.util import dt_to_http  # NOQA
-from falcon.hooks import before  # NOQA
-from falcon.request import Request  # NOQA
-from falcon.response import Response  # NOQA
\ No newline at end of file
+from .version import version  # NOQA
+from .api import API, DEFAULT_MEDIA_TYPE  # NOQA
+from .status_codes import *  # NOQA
+from .exceptions import *  # NOQA
+from .http_error import HTTPError  # NOQA
+from .util import dt_to_http  # NOQA
+from .hooks import before  # NOQA
+from .request import Request  # NOQA
+from .response import Response  # NOQA
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/falcon/cython-setup.py b/falcon/cython-setup.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 3d093ba..0000000
--- a/falcon/cython-setup.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,23 +0,0 @@
-from distutils.core import setup
-from distutils.extension import Extension
-from Cython.Distutils import build_ext
-
-module_names = (
-    'api',
-    'api_helpers',
-    'request',
-    'request_helpers',
-    'response',
-    'response_helpers',
-    'responders',
-    'http_error',
-    'exceptions'
-)
-
-ext_modules = [Extension(m, [m + '.py']) for m in module_names]
-
-setup(
-    name='Falcon',
-    cmdclass={'build_ext': build_ext},
-    ext_modules=ext_modules
-)
diff --git a/publish.sh b/publish.sh
index 0da2a63..b0e354c 100755
--- a/publish.sh
+++ b/publish.sh
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
 
-python setup.py bdist_egg upload
+#python setup.py bdist_egg upload
 python setup.py sdist upload
 
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 5088646..31856a6 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
+import imp
 from os import path
 from setuptools import setup, find_packages, Extension
 
-import falcon.version
+version = imp.load_source('version', path.join('.', 'falcon', 'version.py'))
+version = version.version
 
 try:
     from Cython.Distutils import build_ext
@@ -35,7 +37,7 @@ else:
 
 setup(
     name='falcon',
-    version=falcon.version,
+    version=version,
     description='A fast micro-framework for building cloud APIs.',
     long_description=None,
     classifiers=[
@@ -49,7 +51,7 @@ setup(
         'Operating System :: Microsoft :: Windows',
         'Operating System :: POSIX',
         'Topic :: Internet :: WWW/HTTP :: WSGI',
-        'Topic :: Software Development :: Libraries :: Application Frameworks'
+        'Topic :: Software Development :: Libraries :: Application Frameworks',
         'Programming Language :: Python',
         'Programming Language :: Python :: Implementation :: CPython',
         'Programming Language :: Python :: Implementation :: PyPy',