diff --git a/MySQLdb/setup.py b/MySQLdb/setup.py
index 0f0da67..20de752 100644
--- a/MySQLdb/setup.py
+++ b/MySQLdb/setup.py
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
 
 import os
 import sys
-import ez_setup; ez_setup.use_setuptools()
 from setuptools import setup, Extension
 
 if sys.version_info < (2, 3):