--- setup.py.orig 2011-05-12 09:26:24.000000000 +0800 +++ setup.py 2011-05-12 09:26:47.000000000 +0800 @@ -3,13 +3,7 @@ import shutil extra_kwargs = {} -try: - # we don't want to depend on setuptools - # please don't use any setuptools specific API - from setuptools import setup - extra_kwargs['test_suite'] = 'ropetest' -except ImportError: - from distutils.core import setup +from distutils.core import setup import rope