diff --git a/.install_neuron.sh b/.install_neuron.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index c1756556..00000000
--- a/.install_neuron.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,37 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/sh
-
-set -e
-
-SRC_DIR=$1
-INSTALL_DIR=$2
-PYTHON_BIN=$3
-
-if [ ! -e ${INSTALL_DIR}/.install_finished ]
-then
-    echo 'Neuron was not fully installed in previous build, installing ...'
-    mkdir -p ${SRC_DIR}
-    cd ${SRC_DIR}
-    echo "Downloading NEURON ..."
-    rm -rf nrn
-	git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/neuronsimulator/nrn.git >download.log 2>&1
-	cd nrn
-    echo "Preparing NEURON ..."
-	./build.sh >prepare.log 2>&1
-    echo "Configuring NEURON ..."
-    PYTHON_BLD=${PYTHON_BIN} ./configure --prefix=${INSTALL_DIR} --without-x --with-nrnpython=${PYTHON_BIN} --disable-rx3d >configure.log 2>&1
-    echo "Building NEURON ..."
-    make -j4 >make.log 2>&1
-    echo "Installing NEURON ..."
-    make -j4 install >install.log 2>&1
-
-    export PATH="${INSTALL_DIR}/x86_64/bin":${PATH}
-    export PYTHONPATH="${INSTALL_DIR}/lib/python":${PYTHONPATH}
-
-    echo "Testing NEURON import ...."
-    ${PYTHON_BIN} -c 'import neuron' >testimport.log 2>&1
-
-    touch -f ${INSTALL_DIR}/.install_finished
-    echo "NEURON successfully installed"
-else
-    echo 'Neuron was successfully installed in previous build, not rebuilding'
-fi
diff --git a/.jenkins.sh b/.jenkins.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index 3cb8c4b0..00000000
--- a/.jenkins.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,39 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash
-
-set -e
-set -x
-
-tox_args='--recreate -e py3-unit-functional-style'
-
-if [ "${os}" = "cscsviz" ]
-then
-	. /opt/rh/python27/enable
-elif [ "${os}" = "Ubuntu-18.04" ]
-then
-	tox_args="${tox_args}"
-fi
-
-which python
-python --version
-
-cd $WORKSPACE
-
-#########
-# Virtualenv
-#########
-
-if [ ! -d "${WORKSPACE}/env" ]; then
-  virtualenv ${WORKSPACE}/env --no-site-packages
-fi
-
-. ${WORKSPACE}/env/bin/activate
-pip install pip --upgrade
-pip install tox --upgrade
-
-#####
-# Tests
-#####
-
-cd  ${WORKSPACE}/BluePyOpt
-
-tox ${tox_args}
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 3348f967..ad957baf 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@
         'pickleshare>=0.7.3',
         'Jinja2>=2.8',
         'Pebble>=4.6.0',
+        'NEURON>=7.8',
         ],
     extras_require={
         'all': EXTRA_SCOOP + EXTRA_NEUROML + EXTRA_LFP + EXTRA_ARBOR,