--- setup.py.orig 2011-07-05 18:59:59.000000000 +0400 +++ setup.py 2011-07-14 22:37:09.000000000 +0400 @@ -7,13 +7,6 @@ # wow, this is a mixed bag ... I am pretty upset about all of this ... setuptools_build_py_module = None -try: - # don't pull it in if we don't have to - if 'setuptools' in sys.modules: - import setuptools.command.build_py as setuptools_build_py_module - from setuptools.command.build_ext import build_ext -except ImportError: - pass class build_ext_nofail(build_ext): """Doesn't fail when build our optional extensions"""