diff --git a/python/meson_mfem_template/__init__.py b/python/meson_mfem_template/__init__.py
deleted file mode 100644
index c3b57bde..00000000
--- a/python/meson_mfem_template/__init__.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,46 +0,0 @@
-from __future__ import annotations
-
-import os
-from pathlib import Path
-
-
-def _native_search_paths() -> list[Path]:
-    package = Path(__file__).resolve().parent
-    return [package / "lib", package / "lib64", package / "bin"]
-
-
-_dll_directory_handles = []
-if os.name == "nt" and hasattr(os, "add_dll_directory"):
-    for _directory in _native_search_paths():
-        if _directory.is_dir():
-            _dll_directory_handles.append(os.add_dll_directory(str(_directory)))
-
-from ._core import capabilities, mfem_version, serial_poisson_dofs  
-
-__all__ = [
-    "capabilities",
-    "get_cmake_prefix",
-    "get_include",
-    "get_lib",
-    "mfem_version",
-    "serial_poisson_dofs",
-]
-
-
-def _package_dir() -> Path:
-    return Path(__file__).resolve().parent
-
-
-def get_include() -> str:
-    """Return the wheel-local include directory containing MFEM headers."""
-    return str(_package_dir() / "include")
-
-
-def get_lib() -> str:
-    """Return the wheel-local directory containing MFEM runtime libraries."""
-    return str(_package_dir() / "lib")
-
-
-def get_cmake_prefix() -> str:
-    """Return the prefix that can be appended to CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH."""
-    return str(_package_dir())
diff --git a/python/meson_mfem_template/_core.pyi b/python/meson_mfem_template/_core.pyi
deleted file mode 100644
index e07d7711..00000000
--- a/python/meson_mfem_template/_core.pyi
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-def mfem_version() -> str: ...
-def capabilities() -> dict[str, bool]: ...
-def serial_poisson_dofs(cells: int = 4, order: int = 2) -> int: ...
-
diff --git a/python/meson_mfem_template/py.typed b/python/meson_mfem_template/py.typed
deleted file mode 100644
index 8b137891..00000000
--- a/python/meson_mfem_template/py.typed
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-