diff --git a/qa/rpc-tests/keypool.py b/qa/rpc-tests/keypool.py
index 307919d720a..aee29a596ae 100755
--- a/qa/rpc-tests/keypool.py
+++ b/qa/rpc-tests/keypool.py
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@
 # Add python-bitcoinrpc to module search path:
 import os
 import sys
-sys.path.append(os.path.join(os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__)), "test_framework/python-bitcoinrpc"))
 
 import json
 import shutil
@@ -16,7 +15,6 @@ import subprocess
 import tempfile
 import traceback
 
-from bitcoinrpc.authproxy import AuthServiceProxy, JSONRPCException
 from test_framework.util import *
 
 
diff --git a/qa/rpc-tests/rpcbind_test.py b/qa/rpc-tests/rpcbind_test.py
index 5ccc5734720..04110c28317 100755
--- a/qa/rpc-tests/rpcbind_test.py
+++ b/qa/rpc-tests/rpcbind_test.py
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@
 # Add python-bitcoinrpc to module search path:
 import os
 import sys
-sys.path.append(os.path.join(os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__)), "python-bitcoinrpc"))
 
 import json
 import shutil
diff --git a/qa/rpc-tests/test_framework/python-bitcoinrpc/bitcoinrpc/authproxy.py b/qa/rpc-tests/test_framework/authproxy.py
similarity index 100%
rename from qa/rpc-tests/test_framework/python-bitcoinrpc/bitcoinrpc/authproxy.py
rename to qa/rpc-tests/test_framework/authproxy.py
diff --git a/qa/rpc-tests/test_framework/python-bitcoinrpc/bitcoinrpc/.gitignore b/qa/rpc-tests/test_framework/python-bitcoinrpc/bitcoinrpc/.gitignore
deleted file mode 100644
index 0d20b6487c6..00000000000
--- a/qa/rpc-tests/test_framework/python-bitcoinrpc/bitcoinrpc/.gitignore
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-*.pyc
diff --git a/qa/rpc-tests/test_framework/python-bitcoinrpc/bitcoinrpc/__init__.py b/qa/rpc-tests/test_framework/python-bitcoinrpc/bitcoinrpc/__init__.py
deleted file mode 100644
index e69de29bb2d..00000000000
diff --git a/qa/rpc-tests/test_framework/python-bitcoinrpc/setup.py b/qa/rpc-tests/test_framework/python-bitcoinrpc/setup.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 43cdb1c0384..00000000000
--- a/qa/rpc-tests/test_framework/python-bitcoinrpc/setup.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,15 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env python2
-
-from distutils.core import setup
-
-setup(name='python-bitcoinrpc',
-      version='0.1',
-      description='Enhanced version of python-jsonrpc for use with Bitcoin',
-      long_description=open('README').read(),
-      author='Jeff Garzik',
-      author_email='<jgarzik@exmulti.com>',
-      maintainer='Jeff Garzik',
-      maintainer_email='<jgarzik@exmulti.com>',
-      url='http://www.github.com/jgarzik/python-bitcoinrpc',
-      packages=['bitcoinrpc'],
-      classifiers=['License :: OSI Approved :: GNU Library or Lesser General Public License (LGPL)', 'Operating System :: OS Independent'])
diff --git a/qa/rpc-tests/test_framework/test_framework.py b/qa/rpc-tests/test_framework/test_framework.py
index 15a357a3407..5671431f6e2 100755
--- a/qa/rpc-tests/test_framework/test_framework.py
+++ b/qa/rpc-tests/test_framework/test_framework.py
@@ -8,13 +8,12 @@
 # Add python-bitcoinrpc to module search path:
 import os
 import sys
-sys.path.append(os.path.join(os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__)), "python-bitcoinrpc"))
 
 import shutil
 import tempfile
 import traceback
 
-from bitcoinrpc.authproxy import AuthServiceProxy, JSONRPCException
+from authproxy import AuthServiceProxy, JSONRPCException
 from util import *
 
 
diff --git a/qa/rpc-tests/test_framework/util.py b/qa/rpc-tests/test_framework/util.py
index 997bbcc3738..c236ec26025 100644
--- a/qa/rpc-tests/test_framework/util.py
+++ b/qa/rpc-tests/test_framework/util.py
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@
 # Add python-bitcoinrpc to module search path:
 import os
 import sys
-sys.path.append(os.path.join(os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__)), "python-bitcoinrpc"))
 
 from decimal import Decimal, ROUND_DOWN
 import json
@@ -18,7 +17,7 @@ import subprocess
 import time
 import re
 
-from bitcoinrpc.authproxy import AuthServiceProxy, JSONRPCException
+from authproxy import AuthServiceProxy, JSONRPCException
 from util import *
 
 def p2p_port(n):