Index: setup.py
--- setup.py.orig
+++ setup.py
@@ -61,16 +61,15 @@ else:
 storage_dirs = [ ('storage/ceres/dummy.txt', []), ('storage/whisper/dummy.txt',[]),
                  ('storage/lists',[]), ('storage/log/dummy.txt',[]),
                  ('storage/rrd/dummy.txt',[]) ]
-conf_files = [ ('conf', glob('conf/*.example')) ]
+conf_files = [ ('${GRAPHITE_EGDIR}', glob('conf/*.example')) ]
 
-install_files = storage_dirs + conf_files
+install_files = conf_files
 
 # Let's include redhat init scripts, despite build platform
 # but won't put them in /etc/init.d/ automatically anymore
 init_scripts = [ ('examples/init.d', ['distro/redhat/init.d/carbon-cache',
                                       'distro/redhat/init.d/carbon-relay',
                                       'distro/redhat/init.d/carbon-aggregator']) ]
-install_files += init_scripts
 
 def read(fname):
     with open(os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), fname)) as f: