diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 811f030..b33f56a 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -25,3 +25,4 @@ include
 lib
 local
 hacking/*/tito.spec
+tito-venv/
diff --git a/HACKING b/HACKING
index 12cec39..b60291a 100644
--- a/HACKING
+++ b/HACKING
@@ -106,8 +106,15 @@ Then from the root of the project:
 
 When developing code for tito there are a couple ways you can test:
 
-"bin/tito-dev" is a script that will run code from the local checkout
-rather than what is installed on the system.
+First install Tito's dependencies for your architecture, i.e. `x86_64`, like
+described in [README's INSTALL section](README.md#INSTALL), under installation
+from git's `master` branch.
+
+Then create a virtual environment and install tito in editable mode:
+
+    python3 -m venv --system-site-packages tito-venv
+    source tito-venv/bin/activate
+    pip install -e .
 
 And of course, you can always use the installed tito to replace
 itself with a test build of the latest *committed* code in your
diff --git a/bin/tito-dev b/bin/tito-dev
deleted file mode 100755
index b405c9c..0000000
--- a/bin/tito-dev
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,39 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/python
-#
-# Copyright (c) 2008,2009 Red Hat, Inc.
-#
-# This software is licensed to you under the GNU General Public License,
-# version 2 (GPLv2). There is NO WARRANTY for this software, express or
-# implied, including the implied warranties of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS
-# FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. You should have received a copy of GPLv2
-# along with this software; if not, see
-# http://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/gpl-2.0.txt.
-#
-# Red Hat trademarks are not licensed under GPLv2. No permission is
-# granted to use or replicate Red Hat trademarks that are incorporated
-# in this software or its documentation.
-#
-
-""" 
-A Tito development script to run from source.
-
-This script should only ever be called from bin/ in a source checkout.
-"""
-
-import sys
-import os.path
-
-
-# We know this script is in bin/ 
-SCRIPT_DIR = os.path.abspath(os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), "../"))
-SRC_DIR = os.path.normpath(os.path.join(SCRIPT_DIR, "src/"))
-SRC_BIN_DIR = os.path.abspath(os.path.join(SCRIPT_DIR, "bin/"))
-
-sys.path.insert(0, SRC_DIR)
-
-os.environ['TITO_SRC_BIN_DIR'] = SRC_BIN_DIR
-
-from tito.cli import CLI
-
-if __name__ == "__main__":
-    CLI().main(sys.argv[1:])
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index ebccde6..ae5b258 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -28,8 +28,9 @@ setup(
     url='http://rm-rf.ca/tito',
     license='GPLv2+',
 
+    # tell distutils packages are under src directory
     package_dir={
-        'tito': 'src/tito',
+        '': 'src',
     },
     packages=find_packages('src'),
     include_package_data=True,