--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -9,11 +9,6 @@
 import shutil
 import shlex
 
-# Enables the vendored distutils in setuptools over the stdlib one to avoid
-# the deprecation warning. Must be done before importing setuptools,
-# setuptools also must be imported before distutils.
-# https://github.com/pypa/setuptools/blob/main/docs/deprecated/distutils-legacy.rst
-os.environ['SETUPTOOLS_USE_DISTUTILS'] = 'local'
 
 from setuptools import setup  # noqa: E402
 from setuptools import Distribution  # noqa: E402
