diff --git a/lbn.py b/lbn.py
index 11b07f4e2e7187dcfcaf2ee864aa8066ea89c690..0e31643f352163942588db8508ee2e5f354338f8 100644
--- a/lbn.py
+++ b/lbn.py
@@ -19,9 +19,8 @@ __all__ = ["LBN", "FeatureFactoryBase", "FeatureFactory"]
 import os
 import functools
 
-if os.environ.get("LBN_SETUP_RUNNING") != "1":
-    import numpy as np
-    import tensorflow as tf
+import numpy as np
+import tensorflow as tf
 
 
 class LBN(object):
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 3e0673852cf3794f84b595ea35fe7bc973950efb..d02f487ee8dcff9ed3abc42010eac265b2338b24 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -4,9 +4,6 @@
 import os
 import setuptools
 
-os.environ["LBN_SETUP_RUNNING"] = "1"
-import lbn
-
 
 this_dir = os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__))
 
@@ -35,14 +32,22 @@ with open(os.path.join(this_dir, "README.md"), "r") as f:
 with open(os.path.join(this_dir, "requirements.txt"), "r") as f:
     install_requires = [line.strip() for line in f.readlines() if line.strip()]
 
+# load package infos
+pkg = {}
+with open(os.path.join(this_dir, "lbn.py"), "r") as f:
+    # read until lines up to the __version__ info
+    lines = f.readlines()
+    end = [i for i, l in enumerate(lines) if l.startswith("__version__")][0] + 1
+    exec("".join(lines[:end]), pkg)
+
 setuptools.setup(
-    name=lbn.__name__,
-    version=lbn.__version__,
-    author=lbn.__author__,
-    author_email=lbn.__email__,
-    description=lbn.__doc__.strip().split("\n")[0].strip(),
-    license=lbn.__license__,
-    url=lbn.__contact__,
+    name="lbn",
+    version=pkg["__version__"],
+    author=pkg["__author__"],
+    author_email=pkg["__email__"],
+    description=pkg["__doc__"].strip().split("\n")[0].strip(),
+    license=pkg["__license__"],
+    url=pkg["__contact__"],
     keywords=keywords,
     classifiers=classifiers,
     long_description=long_description,
@@ -50,6 +55,6 @@ setuptools.setup(
     install_requires=install_requires,
     python_requires=">=2.7",
     zip_safe=False,
-    py_modules=[lbn.__name__],
+    py_modules=["lbn"],
     data_files=[(".", ["LICENSE", "requirements.txt", "README.md"])],
 )