diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 880addd..524175c 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1,157 +1,5 @@
-FLAKE = flake8
-BINDIR = bin
-SRCDIR = swh
-REPO_PATH=../debsources
+# Makefile driver for SWH Python modules. DO NOT CHANGE.
+# You can add custom Makefile rules to Makefile.local
 
-# add -v for example
-FLAG=
-
-NOSE = nosetests3
-TESTFLAGS = -s
-TESTDIR = ./swh/tests
-
-DB=softwareheritage-dev
-DB_TEST=$(DB)-test
-
-SWH_LOADER=$(BINDIR)/swh-git-loader
-SWH_DB_MANAGER=$(BINDIR)/swh-db-manager
-SWH_BACK=$(BINDIR)/swh-backend
-
-# could use cProfile
-PROFILE_TYPE=profile
-
-FOLLOW_LOG=-f
-
-# Adapt python-path to use other modules
-_PYPATH=`pwd`:`pwd`/../swh-core
-
-deps:
-	apt-get install -y \
-		python3 \
-		python3-pygit2 \
-		python3-psycopg2 \
-		python3-nose \
-		python3-flask \
-		python3-requests \
-		python3-retrying \
-		ipython3
-
-clean:
-	rm -rf /tmp/swh-git-loader/content-storage
-
-cleandb: clean
-	PYTHONPATH=$(_PYPATH) $(SWH_DB_MANAGER) $(FLAG) cleandb
-
-run-remote:
-	PYTHONPATH=`pwd`:`pwd`/../swh-core $(SWH_LOADER) $(FLAG) --config ./resources/remote-git-loader.ini load $(REPO_PATH)
-
-run-local:
-	PYTHONPATH=$(_PYPATH) $(SWH_LOADER) $(FLAG) --config ./resources/local-git-loader.ini load $(REPO_PATH)
-
-run:
-	# works with the default ~/.config/swh/git-loader.ini file
-	PYTHONPATH=$(_PYPATH) $(SWH_LOADER) $(FLAG) load $(REPO_PATH)
-
-run-back:
-	PYTHONPATH=$(_PYPATH) $(SWH_BACK) $(FLAG)
-
-check:
-	$(FLAKE) $(BINDIR) $(SRCDIR)
-
-profile-run:
-	PYTHONPATH=$(_PYPATH) python3 -m $(PROFILE_TYPE) -o ./scratch/swhgitloader.$(PROFILE_TYPE) ./scratch/profile-swhgitloader.py
-
-profile-stats:
-	PYTHONPATH=$(_PYPATH) ./scratch/analyse-profile.py
-
-test-run-back:
-	PYTHONPATH=$(_PYPATH) $(SWH_BACK) $(FLAG) --config ./resources/test/back.ini
-
-test:
-	PYTHONPATH=$(_PYPATH) $(NOSE) $(TESTFLAGS) $(TESTDIR)
-
-test-remote-loader:
-	PYTHONPATH=$(_PYPATH) $(NOSE) $(TESTFLAGS) $(TESTDIR)/test_remote_loader.py
-
-test-local-loader:
-	PYTHONPATH=$(_PYPATH) $(NOSE) $(TESTFLAGS) $(TESTDIR)/test_local_loader.py
-
-test-http:
-	$(NOSE) $(TESTFLAGS) $(TESTDIR)/test_http.py
-
-test-swhrepo:
-	$(NOSE) $(TESTFLAGS) $(TESTDIR)/test_swhrepo.py
-
-test-api:
-	$(NOSE) $(TESTFLAGS) $(TESTDIR)/test_api*.py
-
-test-api-post-per-type:
-	$(NOSE) $(TESTFLAGS) $(TESTDIR)/test_api_post_*.py
-
-test-api-content:
-	$(NOSE) $(TESTFLAGS) $(TESTDIR)/test_api_content.py
-
-test-api-directory:
-	$(NOSE) $(TESTFLAGS) $(TESTDIR)/test_api_directory.py
-
-test-api-revision:
-	$(NOSE) $(TESTFLAGS) $(TESTDIR)/test_api_revision.py
-
-test-api-release:
-	$(NOSE) $(TESTFLAGS) $(TESTDIR)/test_api_release.py
-
-test-api-occurrence:
-	$(NOSE) $(TESTFLAGS) $(TESTDIR)/test_api_occurrence.py
-
-test-api-home:
-	$(NOSE) $(TESTFLAGS) $(TESTDIR)/test_api_home.py
-
-test-api-origin:
-	$(NOSE) $(TESTFLAGS) $(TESTDIR)/test_api_origin.py
-
-test-api-person:
-	$(NOSE) $(TESTFLAGS) $(TESTDIR)/test_api_person.py
-
-test-api-pickle:
-	$(NOSE) $(TESTFLAGS) $(TESTDIR)/test_api_pickle.py
-
-test-file:
-	$(NOSE) $(TESTFLAGS) $(TESTDIR)/test_file.py
-
-connect-db:
-	psql -d $(DB)
-
-create-db:
-	cd ../swh-sql && make clean initdb
-
-drop-db:
-	cd ../swh-sql && make clean dropdb
-
-test-connect-db:
-	psql -d $(DB_TEST)
-
-test-create-db:
-	cd ../swh-sql && make clean initdb DBNAME=$(DB_TEST)
-
-test-drop-db:
-	cd ../swh-sql && make clean dropdb DBNAME=$(DB_TEST)
-
-check-meta:
-	@echo "Repository: $(REPO_PATH)"
-
-	@echo "Git metadata:"
-	@$(BINDIR)/dir-git-repo-meta.sh $(REPO_PATH)
-	@echo
-
-	@echo "DB metadata:"
-	@$(BINDIR)/db-git-repo-meta.sh $(DB) $(REPO_PATH)
-	@echo
-
-log-loader:
-	tail $(FOLLOW_LOG) /tmp/swh-git-loader/log/sgloader.log
-
-log-back:
-	tail $(FOLLOW_LOG) /tmp/swh-git-loader/log/back.log
-
-coverage:
-	PYTHONPATH=$(_PYPATH) $(NOSE) --with-coverage $(SRCDIR) -v --cover-package=$(SRCDIR)
+include ../Makefile.python
+-include Makefile.local
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