diff -ruN a/setup.py b/setup.py
--- a/setup.py	2012-06-18 16:14:17.000000000 +0200
+++ b/setup.py	2013-08-12 17:25:36.196839624 +0200
@@ -1,9 +1,5 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python
 
-# Ensure that a reasonably recent version of 'distribute' is installed.
-from distribute_setup import use_setuptools
-use_setuptools('0.6.10')
-
 from setuptools import setup
 
 import rsa