diff --git a/.project b/.project
deleted file mode 100644
index 684c2fe798..0000000000
--- a/.project
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,18 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<projectDescription>
-	<name>libprs500</name>
-	<comment></comment>
-	<projects>
-		<project>ipython</project>
-	</projects>
-	<buildSpec>
-		<buildCommand>
-			<name>org.python.pydev.PyDevBuilder</name>
-			<arguments>
-			</arguments>
-		</buildCommand>
-	</buildSpec>
-	<natures>
-		<nature>org.python.pydev.pythonNature</nature>
-	</natures>
-</projectDescription>
diff --git a/.pydevproject b/.pydevproject
deleted file mode 100644
index 509137a36a..0000000000
--- a/.pydevproject
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,10 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="no"?>
-<?eclipse-pydev version="1.0"?>
-
-<pydev_project>
-<pydev_property name="org.python.pydev.PYTHON_PROJECT_VERSION">python 2.6</pydev_property>
-<pydev_pathproperty name="org.python.pydev.PROJECT_SOURCE_PATH">
-<path>/calibre-pluginize/src</path>
-</pydev_pathproperty>
-<pydev_property name="org.python.pydev.PYTHON_PROJECT_INTERPRETER">Default</pydev_property>
-</pydev_project>
diff --git a/setup/install.py b/setup/install.py
index d9f5f3e4fe..62ad9bd7b5 100644
--- a/setup/install.py
+++ b/setup/install.py
@@ -215,6 +215,7 @@ class Sdist(Command):
         if not self.e(self.d(self.DEST)):
             os.makedirs(self.d(self.DEST))
         tdir = tempfile.mkdtemp()
+        tdir = self.j(tdir, 'calibre')
         atexit.register(shutil.rmtree, tdir)
         self.info('\tRunning bzr export...')
         subprocess.check_call(['bzr', 'export', '--format', 'dir', tdir])
@@ -237,8 +238,8 @@ class Sdist(Command):
                 shutil.copy2(f, dest)
 
         self.info('\tCreating tarfile...')
-        subprocess.check_call(' '.join(['tar', '-czf', self.a(self.DEST), '*']),
-                cwd=tdir, shell=True)
+        subprocess.check_call(['tar', '-czf', self.a(self.DEST),
+            'calibre'], cwd=self.d(tdir))
 
     def clean(self):
         if os.path.exists(self.DEST):