--- setup.py
+++ setup.py
@@ -62,21 +62,13 @@
 """
 
 def main():
-    try:
-        import setuptools
-    except ImportError:
-        import ez_setup
-        ez_setup.use_setuptools()
-    import setuptools
-    setuptools.setup(
+    from distutils.core import setup
+    setup(
         name = "mechanize",
         version = VERSION,
         license = "BSD",  # or ZPL 2.1
         platforms = ["any"],
         classifiers = [c for c in CLASSIFIERS.split("\n") if c],
-        install_requires = [],
-        zip_safe = True,
-        test_suite = "test",
         author = "John J. Lee",
         author_email = "jjl@pobox.com",
         description = __doc__.split("\n", 1)[0],