Pyinstaller automatically includes unneeded modules

Question

I am trying to create a .exe from a very simple script that I have written. The script only include glob and pandas. But pyinstaller is including matplotlib,numpy,scipy,qt4,

Answer 1

Pyinstaller may have figured those dependencies from your current ones. If you're sure, use --exclude-module flag to list all the modules you want to exclude.

http://pythonhosted.org/PyInstaller/#general-options