Index: qtconsole-4.2.1/setup.py
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--- qtconsole-4.2.1/setup.py
+++ qtconsole-4.2.1/setup.py	2016-04-18 18:55:42.884729810 +0200
@@ -76,8 +76,7 @@
     ],
 )
 
-if 'develop' in sys.argv or any(a.startswith('bdist') for a in sys.argv):
-    import setuptools
+import setuptools
 
 setuptools_args = {}
 install_requires = setuptools_args['install_requires'] = [