[setup.py] remove monkey-patch for distutils.msvc9compiler; try to import setuptools required by "Microsoft Visual C++ Compiler for Python 2.7"

Cf. http://aka.ms/vcpython27

1 files changed, 4 insertions, 13 deletions

diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 02547ff..410808b 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+try:
+    import setuptools
+except:
+    pass
 import distutils
 from distutils.core import setup, Extension
 from distutils.command.build_ext import build_ext
@@ -9,19 +13,6 @@ import re
 
 CURR_DIR = os.path.abspath(os.path.dirname(os.path.realpath(__file__)))
 
-# when compiling for Windows Python 2.7, force distutils to use Visual Studio
-# 2010 instead of 2008, as the latter doesn't support c++0x
-if platform.system() == 'Windows':
-    try:
-        import distutils.msvc9compiler
-    except distutils.errors.DistutilsPlatformError:
-        pass  # importing msvc9compiler raises when running under MinGW
-    else:
-        orig_find_vcvarsall = distutils.msvc9compiler.find_vcvarsall
-        def patched_find_vcvarsall(version):
-            return orig_find_vcvarsall(version if version != 9.0 else 10.0)
-        distutils.msvc9compiler.find_vcvarsall = patched_find_vcvarsall
-
 
 def get_version():
     """ Return BROTLI_VERSION string as defined in 'tools/version.h' file. """