diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 9f7bd8fb..ee9ea4df 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -24,23 +24,10 @@ __license__ = "GPL"
 
 import platform
 
-try:
-	import setuptools
-	from setuptools import setup
-	from setuptools.command.install import install
-	from setuptools.command.install_scripts import install_scripts
-	from setuptools.command.build_py import build_py
-	build_scripts = None
-except ImportError:
-	setuptools = None
-	from distutils.core import setup
-
-# older versions
-if setuptools is None:
-	from distutils.command.build_py import build_py
-	from distutils.command.build_scripts import build_scripts
-	from distutils.command.install import install
-	from distutils.command.install_scripts import install_scripts
+import setuptools
+from setuptools import setup
+from setuptools.command.install import install
+from setuptools.command.install_scripts import install_scripts
 
 import os
 from os.path import isfile, join, isdir, realpath
@@ -207,9 +194,9 @@ setup(
 	url = "http://www.fail2ban.org",
 	license = "GPL",
 	platforms = "Posix",
-	cmdclass = dict({'build_py': build_py, 'build_scripts': build_scripts} if build_scripts else {}, **{
+	cmdclass = {
 		'install_scripts': install_scripts_f2b, 'install': install_command_f2b
-	}),
+	},
 	scripts = [
 		'bin/fail2ban-client',
 		'bin/fail2ban-server',