diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 78c0ea9..f24632a 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -6,3 +6,4 @@ configure~
 install-sh
 missing
 __pycache__
+venv
diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
deleted file mode 100644
index 5e2605c..0000000
--- a/Makefile.am
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-bin_SCRIPTS = pgmon.py
-dist_doc_DATA = README ChangeLog pgmon_templates.yaml
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
deleted file mode 100644
index 934d9e2..0000000
--- a/configure.ac
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
-AC_INIT([pgmon], [0.0.1], [modus.tollens@shh-dot-com.org])
-
-AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE
-
-AM_PATH_PYTHON([3.6])
-
-AC_CONFIG_FILES([
-  Makefile
-  ])
-
-AC_OUTPUT
diff --git a/pgmon-metrics.yml b/pgmon-metrics.yml
index 41483cf..3c38391 100644
--- a/pgmon-metrics.yml
+++ b/pgmon-metrics.yml
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ metrics:
   ntables:
     type: value
     query:
-      0: file:sql/ntables.sql
+      0: SELECT count(*) AS ntables FROM pg_stat_user_tables
 
   # Per-replication metrics
   rep_stats:
diff --git a/sql/ntables.sql b/sql/ntables.sql
deleted file mode 100644
index a2923ec..0000000
--- a/sql/ntables.sql
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-SELECT count(*) AS ntables FROM pg_stat_user_tables;