diff --git a/PKG-INFO b/PKG-INFO
deleted file mode 100644
index 44b762c..0000000
--- a/PKG-INFO
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,20 +0,0 @@
-Metadata-Version: 1.0
-Name: cx_Oracle
-Version: HEAD
-Home-page: http://cx-oracle.sourceforge.net
-Author: Anthony Tuininga
-Author-email: anthony.tuininga@gmail.com
-Maintainer: Anthony Tuininga
-Maintainer-email: anthony.tuininga@gmail.com
-Summary: Python interface to Oracle
-Description: Python interface to Oracle conforming to the Python DB API 2.0 specification.
-        See http://www.python.org/topics/database/DatabaseAPI-2.0.html.
-Keywords: Oracle
-Classifier: Development Status :: 6 - Mature
-Classifier: Intended Audience :: Developers
-Classifier: License :: OSI Approved :: Python Software Foundation License
-Classifier: Natural Language :: English
-Classifier: Operating System :: OS Independent
-Classifier: Programming Language :: C
-Classifier: Programming Language :: Python
-Classifier: Topic :: Database
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index f210951..981e441 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -212,6 +212,17 @@ if sys.platform == "win32" and sys.version_info[:2] >= (2, 5):
 
     commandClasses["bdist_wininst"] = bdist_wininst
 
+# define classifiers for the package index
+classifiers = [
+        "Development Status :: 6 - Mature",
+        "Intended Audience :: Developers",
+        "License :: OSI Approved :: Python Software Foundation License",
+        "Natural Language :: English",
+        "Operating System :: OS Independent",
+        "Programming Language :: C",
+        "Programming Language :: Python",
+        "Topic :: Database"
+]
 
 # setup the extension
 extension = Extension(
@@ -246,5 +257,8 @@ setup(
         author = "Anthony Tuininga",
         author_email = "anthony.tuininga@gmail.com",
         url = "http://cx-oracle.sourceforge.net",
-        ext_modules = [extension])
+        ext_modules = [extension],
+        keywords = "Oracle",
+        license = "Python Software Foundation License",
+        classifiers = classifiers)