diff --git a/azure-pipelines.yml b/azure-pipelines.yml
index 640136a00e9b..a9b080ed7efc 100644
--- a/azure-pipelines.yml
+++ b/azure-pipelines.yml
@@ -130,8 +130,7 @@ stages:
         displayName: 'Install dependencies with pip'
 
       - bash: |
-          # Due to https://github.com/pypa/setuptools/pull/2896
-          SETUPTOOLS_USE_DISTUTILS=stdlib python -m pip install -ve . ||
+          python -m pip install -ve . ||
             [[ "$PYTHON_VERSION" = 'Pre' ]]
         displayName: "Install self"