diff --git a/scripts/cleanup.py b/scripts/cleanup.py
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+#!/usr/bin/python
+# Copyright 2014 Florian Bruhin (The Compiler) <mail@qutebrowser.org>
+#
+# This file is part of qutebrowser.
+#
+# qutebrowser is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+# (at your option) any later version.
+#
+# qutebrowser is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+# GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+# along with qutebrowser.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+"""Script to clean up the mess made by Python/setuptools/cx_Freeze."""
+
+import os
+import os.path
+import sys
+import glob
+import shutil
+from fnmatch import fnmatch
+
+
+recursive_lint = ['__pycache__', '*.pyc']
+lint = ['build', 'pkg/pkg', 'pkg/qutebrowser-*.pkg.tar.xz', 'pkg/src',
+        'pkg/qutebrowser', 'qutebrowser.egg-info', 'setuptools-*.egg',
+        'setuptools-*.zip']
+
+
+
+def remove(path):
+    if os.path.isdir(path):
+        print("rm -r '{}'".format(path))
+        if not '--dry-run' in sys.argv: shutil.rmtree(path)
+    else:
+        print("rm '{}'".format(path))
+        if not '--dry-run' in sys.argv: os.remove(path)
+
+
+for elem in lint:
+    for f in glob.glob(elem):
+        remove(f)
+
+
+for root, dirs, files in os.walk(os.getcwd()):
+    if any([fnmatch(os.path.basename(root), e) for e in recursive_lint]):
+        remove(root)