diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index fecc0df..a866db3 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -2,31 +2,11 @@
 from distutils.core import setup
 import subprocess
 import os
-import site
 import sys
+import importlib.resources
 
-if hasattr(site, 'getsitepackages'):
-    pkg_dirs = site.getsitepackages()
-    if site.getusersitepackages():
-        pkg_dirs.append(site.getusersitepackages())
-    for pkg_dir in pkg_dirs:
-        srht_path = os.path.join(pkg_dir, "srht")
-        if os.path.isdir(srht_path):
-            break
-    else:
-        raise Exception("Can't find core srht module in your site packages "
-            "directories. Please install it first.")
-else:
-    srht_path = os.getenv("SRHT_PATH")
-    if not srht_path:
-        raise Exception("You're running inside a virtual environment. "
-            "Due to virtualenv limitations, you need to set the "
-            "$SRHT_PATH environment variable to the path of the "
-            "core srht module.")
-    elif not os.path.isdir(srht_path):
-        raise Exception(
-            "The $SRHT_PATH environment variable points to an invalid "
-            "directory: {}".format(srht_path))
+with importlib.resources.path('srht', 'Makefile') as f:
+    srht_path = f.parent.as_posix()
 
 make = os.environ.get("MAKE", "make")
 subp = subprocess.run([make, "SRHT_PATH=" + srht_path])