diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 02b895f..109ac35 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -14,8 +14,8 @@
 # ninth alpha of release 0.6. But the -r41475 is a post-release tag, so this
 # version is newer than 0.6a9.dev."
 
-from ez_setup import use_setuptools
-use_setuptools(download_delay=3)
+#from ez_setup import use_setuptools
+#use_setuptools(download_delay=3)
 from setuptools import setup, find_packages
 
 from hgsvn import base_version, __doc__ as long_description