diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 8179e06..c3bc6ba 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-import distutils.core
-## WARNING: Although the following import appears to do nothing, it is required for bdist_wheel to be recognized
 from setuptools import setup, find_packages
 
 version = "0.98.3"
@@ -13,7 +11,7 @@
 with open('README.md', "r", encoding='utf-8') as f:
     long_description = f.read()
 
-distutils.core.setup(
+setup(
     name='easygui',
     version=version,
     url='https://github.com/robertlugg/easygui',