diff --git a/regolith/helpers/__init__.py b/regolith/helpers/__init__.py
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diff --git a/setup.py_hold b/setup.py_hold
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-#!/usr/bin/env python
-# coding=utf-8
-"""The regolith installer."""
-from __future__ import print_function
-from pathlib import Path
-import os
-import sys
-import platform
-
-try:
-    from setuptools import setup
-    from setuptools.command.develop import develop
-
-    HAVE_SETUPTOOLS = True
-except ImportError:
-    from distutils.core import setup
-
-    HAVE_SETUPTOOLS = False
-
-from regolith import __version__ as RG_VERSION
-PW_AFFECTED_OSX_SYSTEMS = ["darwin"]
-
-def main():
-    try:
-        if "--name" not in sys.argv:
-            print(logo)
-    except UnicodeEncodeError:
-        pass
-    with open(os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), "README.rst"), "r") as f:
-        readme = f.read()
-    skw = dict(
-        classifiers=["Programming Language :: Python :: 3"],
-        packages=["regolith", "regolith.builders", "regolith.helpers"],
-        package_dir={"regolith": "regolith"},
-        scripts=["scripts/regolith"],
-        zip_safe=False,
-    )
-    if HAVE_SETUPTOOLS:
-        skw["setup_requires"] = []
-        # skw['install_requires'] = ['Jinja2', 'pymongo']
-
-    if platform.system().lower() in PW_AFFECTED_OSX_SYSTEMS:
-    #The following lines find the python.app script, parses the script to find the path of its executable, and sets
-    #the sys.executable to that executable. The shebang line created will be that of the new sys.executable
-        import subprocess
-        py_app_path = subprocess.check_output('which python.app', shell=True)
-        py_app_path = py_app_path.decode('utf-8')[:-1]
-        py_app_contents = subprocess.check_output('cat ' + py_app_path, shell=True)
-        py_app_contents = py_app_contents.decode('utf-8')
-        new_sys_executable = py_app_contents.splitlines()[-1]
-        new_sys_executable = new_sys_executable.split(' ')[0]
-        sys.executable = new_sys_executable
-
-    skw['scripts'] = skw['scripts'] + ['scripts/helper_gui'] + ['scripts/helper_connect'] + ['scripts/profile_regolith'] + ['scripts/profile_helper_gui']
-    setup(**skw)
-
-
-logo = """
-"""
-
-if __name__ == "__main__":
-    main()